Photo: Fungi Gobble Radiation to Grow, Study Says

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Radiation-eating fungi, such as this black fungus Wangiella dermatitidis, have been found to thrive on a radiation diet. Scientists say the fungi may convert radiation to energy in a process similar to photosynthesis in plants.

Photograph by Dr. R. Bryan, Yeshiva University

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