YOu can read a public announcement of this at the following link:

http://www.scienceagogo.com/news/20070422222547data_trunc_sys.shtml


I heard an interview on PBS'  Science Friday with a researcher (Ektarina 
...) and she said that the mechanism that involves melanin is not fully 
understood, but it appears that some fungi use melanin with radiation in a 
manner similar to the use of chlorophyll by green plants with visible light.

Interesting ramiifications are suggested...


submitted by Stan Moore     San Geronimo, CA        [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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