05.01.2011                     29.Tevet, 5771

Umwelt:

Rare charcoal-loving fungus thriving in Carmel

Researchers discovered that the disastrous fire has actually helped a species of fungus that is quite rare in Israel and has begun to spread as a result of the fire.

Researchers from the University of Haifa studying the effects of last month's blaze on the Carmel were surprised to find rocks that had turned a phosphorescent orange in one of the valleys near Kibbutz Beit Oren. They discovered that the disastrous fire has actually helped a species of fungus that is quite rare in Israel and has begun to spread as a result of the fire….