Get that shroom away from my vinyl.
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| Author: | atom gray [ Wed Feb 01, 2012 1:26 pm ] |
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"The fungi, Pestalotiopsis microspora, is the first anyone has found to survive on a steady diet of polyurethane alone..." http://www.fastcoexist.com/1679201/fungi-discovered-in-the-amazon-will-eat-your-plastic mind your batsy dx, yo. |
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| Author: | Rich [ Wed Feb 01, 2012 1:49 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Mushroom That Eats Plastic |
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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| Author: | Mike Like Bike [ Wed Feb 01, 2012 1:53 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Mushroom That Eats Plastic |
Get that shroom away from my vinyl.
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| Author: | EtR_Wolf [ Wed Feb 01, 2012 5:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Mushroom That Eats Plastic |
That's wonderful news! Thanks for sharing! 
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| Author: | atom gray [ Wed Feb 01, 2012 7:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Mushroom That Eats Plastic |
Rich wrote: 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 ! 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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| Author: | ungawa222 [ Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:40 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Mushroom That Eats Plastic |
atom gray wrote: 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. 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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| Author: | brobles [ Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:48 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Mushroom That Eats Plastic |
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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| Author: | Biff [ Thu Feb 02, 2012 12:12 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Mushroom That Eats Plastic |
brobles wrote: Well I do have one question that many viewers asked, If it eats polyurethane, what does it excrete?  Plastic Poop |
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| Author: | Mike Like Bike [ Thu Feb 02, 2012 3:14 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Mushroom That Eats Plastic |
Haha. Where do you think Gargamel got theirs from? 
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| Author: | Onion [ Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Mushroom That Eats Plastic |
Is this the same thing as the mythical KABI? |
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| Author: | wingnut0 [ Fri Feb 03, 2012 11:30 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: The Mushroom That Eats Plastic |
Biff wrote: brobles wrote: Well I do have one question that many viewers asked, If it eats polyurethane, what does it excrete? Plastic Poop Haha. Bravo sir. |
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