Waxing from gray in the (a) Winter to black during the (b,c) Spring and waning and disappearing in (d) Autumn/Winter. Photographed via satellite, from orbit (reproduced from Ganti et al. 2003).
Fungi on Mars? Evidence of Growth and Behavior From Sequential Images
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May 2021
Rhawn Gabriel Joseph
Richard A. Armstrong
Carl H. Gibson
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Rudolph E. Schild
Fungi thrive in radiation intense environments. Sequential photos document that fungus-like Martian specimens emerge from the soil and increase in size, including those resembling puffballs (Basidiomycota). After obliteration of spherical specimens by the rover wheels, new sphericals--some with stalks--appeared atop the crests of old tracks. Sequen...