The Mushroom That Eats Plastic

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  1. atom gray

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    I'm friends with the guy who navigates the Yale doctors though South America ( he is the most fascinating person I know). He has told me about just a few of Yales research studies with either bugs or plants and it would blow your mind !
     
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    Get that shroom away from my vinyl. :shock:
     
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    That's wonderful news! Thanks for sharing! :)
     
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    that's awesome. i wish him the best in his work, before they burn the whole thing down to grow hamburgers or whatever...

    it continually amazes me that the answers are almost always right there in nature (it eats polyurethane, for crying out loud), and we can't seem to deny it fast enough as a species.
     
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    Hear hear; this is truly awesome... I'm sure Paul Stamets is aware of this, and is probably already hatching some interesting plans to use this species in mycoremediation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycoremediation).
     
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    Well I do have one question that many viewers asked, If it eats polyurethane, what does it excrete? Hopefully the biproducts of the fungus arent malignant. If whatever they poop out is truely organic and won't accumulate then it can mean the answer to a lot of global problems.
     
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    Plastic Poop
     
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    Haha. Where do you think Gargamel got theirs from?

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    Is this the same thing as the mythical KABI?
     
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    Haha. Bravo sir.
     

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