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.
Now if they would also discuss dark algae, that is something I’d really be likin’
They listen to way too much Bauhaus while lurking.
Look, if you people have a better “fungi are goths” joke, you tell it.
Because I’m proud of mine, damn it!
It made me grin. And then get defensive: am I listening to too much Bauhaus? When is too much?
Though I actually listen to them rarely. They’re just imprinted on my mind. Probably play their songs on guitar & bass more than listen to them.
Next time they’re touring…
I listen to Bauhaus and grow gourmet mushrooms.
Unidentified fungi are not equivalent at all to dark energy.
That would be more along the lines of what’s the difference between Joy Division and new order. One dead body. Rip Ian.
Or what’s a Goth’s default mode? Depeche.
I figured but still wanted to correct the dark matter/dark fungi metaphor in the article and saw an opportunity to do so with my favorite squid as I used to listen to Bauhaus as a kid.
Twenty years ago most biology books still classified fungus as plants. That’s how young mycology is as a science. So, there’s lots of unidentified fungus on the planet, but we still fundamentally understand microbiology as a whole.
Much different than dark matter/energy as we’re not sure really what they ‘are’. We only know them by their effects.
I’m actually fine with a “The Last of Us” dystopian/apocalyptic future. Beats the hell out of “The Handmaids Tale” route we are headed down.
So THAT’S what was leaving the ring in my toilet back in college!
…right?
