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Message 920392 - Posted: 22 Jul 2009, 18:23:45 UTC

Hey, I recently found out that there are mushrooms on asteroids in our Solar System. Does this mean that mushrooms where the first life in our Solar System? Could they have come from other planets, or are they just on asteroids that broke of Earth as it was jus forming?
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Message 920395 - Posted: 22 Jul 2009, 18:27:44 UTC - in response to Message 920392.  
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If you can link us to were you read about that, thats really interesting.
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Message 920398 - Posted: 22 Jul 2009, 18:32:01 UTC - in response to Message 920395.  

If you can link us to were you read about that, thats really interesting.



sorry. i don't remember what website , and i can't find it
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Message 920399 - Posted: 22 Jul 2009, 18:37:31 UTC

But mushrooms need rain. Does it rain on the asteroids?
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Message 920710 - Posted: 23 Jul 2009, 16:48:56 UTC

If this is true, it will be big BREAKING NEWS. It will support Panspermia hypothesis. I have not read anywhere about mushrooms on asteroids and I read astronomical web sites and magazines. Please provide us with a link or at least a clue where we can read more about it. Otherwise I will assume it is not true.
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Message 920746 - Posted: 23 Jul 2009, 18:52:59 UTC - in response to Message 920710.  

Sorry, but I really can't find the website I found it on.
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Message 920747 - Posted: 23 Jul 2009, 19:02:54 UTC

I have not read anywere about such a phenomenon, but looking at things from anther
perspective it could be true because mushrooms belong to fungi family and a fungus can survive very hush conditions it doesnt need much to survive. If fact if for example a huge asteroid hit the earth ,fungi are they most likely organisms to survive in huge chunks that are thrown in to space, secondly fungi family spread by means of spores which are quit light and can easily be carried in to space by all these lunches of satelites etc, i am not sure thoug if they can actually survive in radiation belts.
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Message 921422 - Posted: 26 Jul 2009, 7:12:08 UTC - in response to Message 920747.  

Alex, already looked for a link to your story and can't find one. If i do will post it here. btw: Welcome!
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Message 922949 - Posted: 1 Aug 2009, 14:09:59 UTC

There are structures inside Cells that are referred to as Asteroid Bodies, this refers to fungal infections, this has nothing to do with Asteroids in space, perhaps this caught your eye somewhere?

Asteroid Body of Lobomycosis

There are also references regarding the impact that is believed to have contributed to the extinction of the dinosaurs, along the lines of fungal growth after the impact which helped life survive on Earth afterwards but his is down to fungi already present on Earth being the only form of life to thrive when sunlight obscured from the surface after the impact.
Fungi Revived the Earth...

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