Photos show Mushrooms on Mars claim scientists

[Suave]

An international team of scientists have collected and examined images taken by NASA's Curiosity and Opportunity rovers evidently showing fungi growing on Mars. In their scientific peer reviewed research paper recently published in the research journal of Advances in Microbiology, the scientists point to a set of Opportunity rover's images showing 9 apparent fungi spheres having grown plus 12 more apparent fungi spheres emerging from beneath the soil over the course of 3 days. The scientists note their observation that many of these ground-level spherical specimens also have stalks or have shed portions of their outer membranes-possibly crutose-and are surrounded by white chunks of fluffy spore-like material that may consist of leprose.The scientists conclude that the specimen's growth, movement, alterations in location and shape, constitute behavior, and coupled with life-like morphology, strongly support the hypothesis there is life on Mars.

 

[Revoltingest]

I'm skeptical....
- Such fast growth seems incompatible with Mars temperature
typical ranges. Yes, it gets above freezing (32F) at times, but
nighttime it falls to -100F or lower.
- It's too much fun to be true.

 

[Spirit of Light]

An international team of scientists have collected and examined images taken by NASA's Curiosity and Opportunity rovers evidently showing fungi growing on Mars. In their scientific peer reviewed research paper recently published in the research journal of Advances in Microbiology, the scientists point to a set of Opportunity rover's images showing 9 apparent fungi spheres having grown plus 12 more apparent fungi spheres emerging from beneath the soil over the course of 3 days. The scientists note their observation that many of these ground-level spherical specimens also have stalks or have shed portions of their outer membranes-possibly crutose-and are surrounded by white chunks of fluffy spore-like material that may consist of leprose.The scientists conclude that the specimen's growth, movement, alterations in location and shape, constitute behavior, and coupled with life-like morphology, strongly support the hypothesis there is life on Mars.
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I do believe there is life not only on Earth and Mars but in most of the universe, but it seems like human beings have not found it before now.

 

[amorphous_constellation]

I'm skeptical....
- Such fast growth seems incompatible with Mars temperature
typical ranges. Yes, it gets above freezing (32F) at times, but
nighttime it falls to -100F or lower.
- It's too much fun to be true.

aren't the spores of fungi hardy enough to survive space?

 

[Windwalker]

One wonders if they would be hallucinogenic and cause the user to see martians, while they are actually just looking at rocks?

 

[Windwalker]

aren't the spores of fungi hardy enough to survive space?

Great, they came on the rover from earth, and now Mars will be covered in mushrooms. Good job, earthlings! That, or mars really is made of cheese, and these are its babies. Does anyone speak mushroom?

 

[Spirit of Light]

Great, they came on the rover from earth, and now Mars will be covered in mushrooms. Good job, earthlings! That, or mars really is made of cheese, and these are its babies.

Mars making baby cheese

 

[Suave]

I'm skeptical....
- Such fast growth seems incompatible with Mars temperature
typical ranges. Yes, it gets above freezing (32F) at times, but
nighttime it falls to -100F or lower.
- It's too much fun to be true.

I am skeptical too, I doubt the Martian surface soil is currently conducive to multi cellular life, but if 11 scientists conclude there is photographic evidence showing mushrooms growing on Mars, then I very well could be wrong regarding the Martian surface being so inhospitable towards life.

 

[Suave]

I do believe there is life not only on Earth and Mars but in most of the universe, but it seems like human beings have not found it before now.

That'd be fantastic, I hope you are right!

 

[Suave]

aren't the spores of fungi hardy enough to survive space?

Yes!

 

[Quagmire]

Claims show scientists on Mushrooms

 

[Suave]

Claims show scientists on Mushrooms

Whoa! Those spheres up close do look like fungi...... .... ................ ..... ..... ................ .....

 

[amorphous_constellation]

they look like baby puffball mushrooms

 

[amorphous_constellation]

Great, they came on the rover from earth, and now Mars will be covered in mushrooms.

If a mushroom can produce a billion spores, and if they can drift in space, I don't know if I'd assume they came from earth

 

[Evangelicalhumanist]

If mushrooms are growing on Mars (as I feel comfortably certain we can say is NOT happening), I'm not interested in how the spores got there at all. What I would have to grant is simply this: since mushrooms require organic material on which to feed, why then there is some other organic material right up there on the surface of Mars.

Um, really, I don't think so.

 

[Quagmire]

Whoa! Those spheres up close do look like fungi...... .... ................ ..... ..... ................ .....

In all seriousness that would be cool.

 

[Vinayaka]

On the way out to harvest them, will they stop at the moon to bring back some cheese? Sauted mushrooms topped with melted cheese. Yum.

 

[We Never Know]

I do believe there is life not only on Earth and Mars but in most of the universe, but it seems like human beings have not found it before now.

If other life isn't like the life we know, would we recognize it?

 

[amorphous_constellation]

If mushrooms are growing on Mars (as I feel comfortably certain we can say is NOT happening), I'm not interested in how the spores got there at all. What I would have to grant is simply this: since mushrooms require organic material on which to feed, why then there is some other organic material right up there on the surface of Mars.

Um, really, I don't think so.

well, the mycelium (the underground part of a mushroom that gathers resources) might possibly be at the razor's edge of biological efficiency, from what one hears about it. If it can be shown to restructure more efficient road networks, or span hundreds of miles, why should I doubt that it could figure out how to extract resources from martian soil

 

[amorphous_constellation]

In all seriousness that would be cool.

Yeah that one that appears to be merged with the other absolutely does not look like a rock, or any rock I've ever seen