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Radiation-eating Fungi

Posted by samzenpus on from the writing-the-script-now dept.

SEWilco writes "Fungus growths have been found in many extreme environments, including the Chernobyl reactor walls. Some fungi have been found whose growth is enhanced by radiation. I wonder if someone saved samples of the MIR-eating fungi."

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  1. Link to Mir fungi by Joaz+Banbeck · · Score: 5, Informative

    The link for mir-eating fungi goes to an old slashdot story which itself points to a dead link. A usable link to the original story is here: http://www.space.com/news/spacestation/space_fungu s_000727.html