Sponge fungus is found in the forests of Borneo

Daily News On The Net: San Francisco - This fungus is found in the rainforest, under a tree, rather than on the seafloor such as shelter Spongebob Squarepants, pants sponge square, a character in animated American television film. However, the hollow shape very much like a sponge-like marine animals so that new species of fungus was named Spongiforma squarepantsii.

"The fungus is found in the forests of Borneo," said Dennis Desjardin, San Francisco State University researcher. He estimates there are still many other species, which has a unique character in the world of fungi, have not been found until now.

Shaped like a sea sponge, S. Squarepantsii found in 2010 at the Bukit Lambir in Sarawak, Malaysia. Fungal species that has a bright orange color, although color can be changed to purple when sprinkled with strong chemicals. It smells like fruit at first glance or a very rancid smell of mildew, "said Desjardin and his team in the journal Mycologia.