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Mysterious ‘Dark Fungi’ Are Lurking Everywhere (www.scientificamerican.com)
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The land, water and air around us are chock-full of DNA fragments from fungi that mycologists can’t link to known organisms. These slippery beings are so widespread scientists are calling them “dark fungi.” It’s a comparison to the equally elusive dark matter and dark energy that permeates the universe.

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[–] jordanlund@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

"Many fungi are microscopic, even unicellular, and a tiny sample of biological material may contain hundreds that are hard to isolate."

Yup, there you go...

[–] MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca 9 points 4 months ago

Wait, what about g-g-g-ghost mushrooms?!?

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

And I bet some of them grow only under really specific conditions.

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Like inside people's eyeballs.

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 1 points 4 months ago

Is this for real?

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

The author really missed out on writing "they scratched every surface, but they haven't even scratched the surface."

[–] datendefekt@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 months ago

Somehow reminds me of the anime Mushi-Shi.

[–] Nobody@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

Midichlorians... Midichlorians everywhere

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

So they're basically everywhere. Invisible. Waiting. Hiding. Lurking. Bidding their time. Until one day, at just the correct moment, their fungal hive mind will reach critical mass, and their assimilation of humanity will be complete.

[–] shadow06@lemmy.ml 1 points 4 months ago

They're Aliens!