Piers Morgan was the winner last night of a charity dinner raffle, in aid of Rainforest Awareness, to have a newly discovered species named after him.
Naturalists this morning revealed the exciting discovery of a distinct subspecies of poisonous fungi to be named Piersmorganyceps which is closely related to a variety which decimated the frog population in the 1990s. The new variety is markedly different in only being able to grow deep within the anus of the Rainforest frogs and is believed to be one of the most toxic parasitical fungi yet discovered.
Second prize in the raffle was one by children's author and comedian David Walliams who will have a newly discovered cute rainforest dwelling kitten named after him.