Sep 3, 2014 · A mushroom-shaped deep sea animal discovered off the Australian coast has defied classification within the tree of life.

Marine fungi are species of fungi that live in marine or estuarine environments. They are not a taxonomic group, but share a common habitat. Obligate marine fungi grow exclusively in the marine habitat while wholly or sporadically submerged in sea water.

Jun 7, 2016 · Australian scientists have used genetic material to pinpoint the origin of the deep-sea mushroom, an unusual gelatinous creature first dredged up near Tasmania in 1986. The organisms have a...

Sep 3, 2014 · Introducing Dendrogramma, a deep sea creature that resembles a mushroom but has more affinity to a jellyfish. Photo: Just et al., PLOS ONE. The deep sea harbors a rogues' gallery of...

Sep 5, 2014 · According to a new study co-authored by Just and published Wednesday in the journal PLOS ONE, more than a dozen of the specimens were found to defy classification in the tree of life. They were unique.

The Deep Shroom is a hazardous flora species found in abundance in the Blood Kelp Zones and their caves, in small clusters, and in the Lost River and the Sea Treader's Tunnel Caves. It is a relative of the Acid Mushroom, and is used as a raw material in …

Jun 7, 2016 · DNA evidence indicates that the Dendrogramma mushrooms are not entire animals, just pieces of a siphonophore. What the whole animal looks like remains a mystery.

Sep 3, 2014 · A handful of strange mushroom-shaped animals discovered in the deep sea off Australia in the 1980s have finally been named by scientists. The organisms are so unique …

Sep 10, 2014 · Dendrogramma from the deep ocean (400-1000 m) off Australia is indeed a bizarre animal. The newly discovered animal is mushroom-shaped resembling in some sense both Cnidarians, i.e. jellyfish, corals, anemones, and Ctenophores, i.e comb jellies.

Sep 3, 2014 · Scientists have discovered two new species of sea-dwelling, mushroom-shaped organisms. The new organisms are multicellular and mostly non-symmetrical, with a dense layer of gelatinous material...