This paper has not actually been published yet... (The article links to a paper-like thing in "ResearchGate" -- which then suggests it may be published in the upcoming fungus issue of the journal.)<p>But even that journal came in for some criticism from CNET:<p><a href="https://www.cnet.com/news/sorry-nasa-photos-are-not-evidence-of-fungus-growing-on-mars/" rel="nofollow">https://www.cnet.com/news/sorry-nasa-photos-are-not-evidence...</a><p>The real bugaboo seems to be Mr. Joseph (one of the authors), who has a really bad history of insisting he's found life on other planets, dating back to the 1970s.<p><a href="https://thenextweb.com/news/mushrooms-mars-hoax-nasa-rover-debunk-science" rel="nofollow">https://thenextweb.com/news/mushrooms-mars-hoax-nasa-rover-d...</a>