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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 17 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

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

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

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

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

Like inside people's eyeballs.

[–] Pandantic@midwest.social 1 points 1 year ago

Is this for real?

[–] CitizenKong@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

Somehow reminds me of the anime Mushi-Shi.

[–] Nobody@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Midichlorians... Midichlorians everywhere

[–] Etterra@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year 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 1 year ago

They're Aliens!