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

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 …

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 …

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 …

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' …

1 day ago · A deep-sea anglerfish seen during the underwater exploration of a canyon system located off the coast of Chile. Image credit: ROV SuBastian/Schmidt Ocean Institute ( CC BY …

Jun 7, 2016 · So there was a fair bit of excitement when researchers in reported, in 2014, on strange mushroom-shaped organisms living on the deep seafloor, a kilometre under the water …

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 3, 2014 · You’ve heard of a sea cucumber, but how about a sea mushroom? This week, scientists described a mushroom-shaped sea creature that may be in a phylum all its own.

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 …