Something Strange Is Happening to the Fungus in Chernobyl
https://www.vice.com/en/article/something-strange-is-happening-to-the-fungus-in-chernobyl/
{The organism is Cladosporium sphaerospermum, a melanized fungus whose dark pigment might be doing a strange kind of work. Some researchers suspect its melanin can interact with ionizing radiation in a way that echoes photosynthesis, a proposed process called “radiosynthesis.”}