# In Soviet Russia.. Nuclear Fungus?!

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**Created:** [August 11, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/in-soviet-russia-nuclear-fungus/268249 "2008-08-11T21:34:11Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 11, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/in-soviet-russia-nuclear-fungus/268249/1 "2008-08-11T21:34:11Z")

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[http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/features/print/2095/silent-spring](http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/features/print/2095/silent-spring)

\*\*Deep in the radioactive bowels of the smashed Chernobyl reactor, a strange new lifeform is blooming.

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> …But it’s also the abode of some very hardy fungi which researchers believe aren’t just tolerating the severe radiation, but actually harnessing its energy to thrive.

I don’t know if this is for real or sci-fi, but it’s a neat idea. It seems legit enough, but I just can’t tell.