Some undergrads from Yale recently found a fungi that eats plastic while on an expedition in the Amazon designed to introduce students to discovery-based research.
This super fungi can survive on polyurethane alone and even in oxygen-free environments, making it a viable solution to our growing waste problem. No word yet on its worth as a pizza-topping or psychedelic advantages.
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Mycophiles of all stripes and stipes would find this interesting, as well: http://www.ted.com/talks/paul_stamets_on_6_ways_mushrooms_can_save_the_world.html
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