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Researchers who found a species of mushroom have named it the cartoon character SpongeBob SquarePants. The of scientists from San Francisco State University discovered the new fungus they were exploring in Borneo. They decided it like SpongeBob and named it Spongiforma squarepantsii. Co-author of the research professor Dennis Desjardin said: "We go to -explored forests the world…collecting all the mushrooms and focusing on various .”

SpongeBob shot to as a TV series in 1999. He is a very energetic and optimistic, -shaped sea sponge who lives in a pineapple in the underwater of “Bikini Bottom”. He has a snail called Gary, who meows like a cat. SpongeBob is the of marine biologist and animator Stephen Hillenburg. He came with the while he was teaching marine biology in 1984. The cartoon series is the highest rated on the Nickelodeon TV . It is also the widely-shared media on MTV.