That is really interesting.
So we have fungi growing on the outside of the ISS, and we have fungi growing were there is very little available moisture.
So hard vacuum and almost no moisture doesn't kill off fungi. It can evolve to take advantage of extremely high energy radiation.
I wonder if fungi could grow on asteroids?
According to Deshevaya et al., 2024 numbers reduced and survival is due to lyophilization.
So they were not growing, but preserved.
Still cool though.
Interesting tidbit I didn't know is that they've found fungi growing on the outside of the ISS
Reminds you just how careful we need to be when exploring celestial bodies. We could inadvertently introduce something completely destabilizing on accident. Humans not required, just our shiny metal shit.
This is where our fungal overlords will grow