Medicinal mushroom typically does not grow on acidic fruit, leading researchers to track down sample and study the unlikely pairing. — SCMP
A photo of an apple sprouting a mushroom-like growth has taken the Chinese internet by storm, leading researchers to investigate the unlikely pairing and what it could mean for fruit cultivation and breeding better strains of a fungus valued for its medicinal properties.
A social media user with the handle “Peirong” on the Chinese platform Xiaohongshu discovered the white fungal growth on an apple she had bought a month earlier. Her family convinced her to post a photo online, which soon attracted thousands of likes.
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