@HebrewAllahTripleDarkness would love this...
http://worldtruth.tv/major-biological-discoveryinside-the-chernobyl-reactor/
Samples of these fungi grew significantly faster when exposed to gamma radiation at 500 times the normal background radiation level. The fungi appear to use melanin, a chemical found in human skin as well, in the same fashion as plants use chlorophyll. That is to say, the melanin molecule gets struck by a gamma ray and its chemistry is altered. This is an amazing discovery, no one had even suspected that something like this was possible.
http://worldtruth.tv/major-biological-discoveryinside-the-chernobyl-reactor/