Didn’t know what specific flair this called for. I saw some post on fb, which I never taking at face value, but I also do not have the knowledge to dispute it or confirm it. I did a bit of research myself, but didn’t find the answers I was looking for. All I managed to find, or think I learned, is that it just thrives in radiation but isn’t decreasing it. Maybe not? Help? lol
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Radiotrophic fungi use radiation to grow by converting it into energy.
Think of sunlight, which is also a type of radiation we are more familiar with.
A plant needs sunlight to grow and can turn it into energy. A human can turn sunlight into vit D but we don’t turn it into energy.
It doesn’t mean we don’t absorb sunlight, we just can’t use it as well as plants. If you stay in sunlight for too long you might get sunburned and even die.
Radioactive radiation is similar. The fungi are to some degree resistant to “sunburn” from radioactive radiation and can use it instead of sunlight to make energy.
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