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Spongiforma squarepantsii is a species of fungus in the family Boletaceae, genus Spongiforma. Found in Malaysia, it was described as new to science in 2011. It produces sponge-like, rubbery orange fruit bodies that have a fruity or musky odour. The fruit bodies reach dimensions of 10 cm (3.9 in) wide by 7 cm (2.8 in) tall.
Spongiforma squarepantsii is a species of pale orange fungus found on the island of Borneo and known in particular for its shape, which is similar to that of a sea sponge. It was named in honor of the cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants.
Spongiforma squarepantsii is a species of fungi in the Boletaceae family and genus Spongiforma. Found in Malaysia, it was described as new to science in 2011. It produces sponge -like, rubbery orange fruit bodies that have a fruity or musky odor; however, it is not a sponge.
Within 24 hours of its publication in the online version of Mycologia, there were over 24,000 links to “SpongeBob mushroom”. The truth is that a new fungus from Borneo that looks like a sponge is probably not enough to capture the public’s interest.
Jul 6, 2011 · The little yellow cartoon with the square brown bottoms loaned his name to a new mushroom, Spongiforma squarepantsii, discovered in 2010 in Borneo by researchers from San Francisco State University (SFSU) and profiled in the May 2011 Mycologia.
Jun 22, 2011 · A newly identified mushroom species named after SpongeBob Squarepants caught our eye and led EarthSky’s Emily Willingham to contact Dennis Desjardin, the scientist who discovered the genus.
Jun 22, 2011 · A new species of mushroom has been named by its discoverers after the cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants. The fungus, named Spongiforma squarepantsii by the researchers at San...
Spongiforma is a genus of sponge-like fungi in the family Boletaceae. Newly described in 2009, the genus contains two species: S. thailandica and S. squarepantsii. The type species S. thailandica is known only from Khao Yai National Park in central Thailand, where it grows in soil in old-growth forests dominated by dipterocarp trees.
Spongiforma squarepantsii, a new species of mushroom almost as strange as its cartoon namesake. Its discovery in the forests of Borneo, says San Francisco State University researcher Dennis...
Spongiforma squarepantsii (Spongebob Squarepants Mushroom) is a species of Fungi in the family boletes. They are listed as endangered by IUCN.
