Mushroom growing in living flesh baffles scientists
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…