Scientists were astonished to find a mushroom growing out of the side of a frog. The discovery was made by Lohit Y.T., a river and wetlands specialist with World Wildlife Fund-India, and a group of friends while searching for amphibians and reptiles in India. The mushroom was growing from the side of a golden-back frog, which is a rare occurrence. Fungi can survive in various environments, including on the skin of a frog.
Mushrooms don't typically grow on living flesh. That's why scientists were so astonished to find a mushroom growing out of the side of a frog similar to the one seen in the image at the top of the page. Lohit Y.T., a river and wetlands specialist with World Wildlife Fund- India , and a group of friends made the discovery.
Lohit says that the group of five was searching for amphibians and reptiles in the foothills of the Western Ghats in India when they realized that a tiny mushroom was growing from the side of one of the golden-back frogs hanging around a roadside pond. There were roughly 40 Rao's intermediate golden-back frogs in the area, Lohit explained in an article published in the journal Reptiles and Amphibians. The discovery of the small mushroom growing in living flesh was exciting and also baffling. Fungi can survive in a myriad of different environments, including on the skin of a frog, apparently. Sure, there are some fungi that live on decaying plant matter and even some pathogens like the insect-infecting fungi responsible for creating 'zombie ant
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