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New fungus from the Amazon discovered that will eat plastic!

weedemon

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The fungi, Pestalotiopsis microspora, is the first anyone has found to survive on a steady diet of polyurethane alone and--even more surprising--do this in an anaerobic (oxygen-free) environment that is close to the condition at the bottom of a landfill.

http://www.fastcoexist.com/1679201/fungi-discovered-in-the-amazon-will-eat-your-plastic

video
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/blogs/this-could-be-big-abc-news/more-mere-magic-mushrooms-154207424.html



how cool is that?! :) in the video they say that there is another fungus that can be used to make packaging to transport things and replace Styrofoam! :)
 
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