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[http://www.npr.org/2012/01/18/145339196/the-man-who-studies-the-fungus-among-us For the past 30 years, botanist Nicholas Money] has studied the microorganisms that most people associate with bad smells, itchy toes, damp basements and rotten food. A renowned fungal researcher at Miami University in Ohio, new book [http://www.npr.org/books/titles/145339384/mushroom?tab=excerpt excerpt]. | [http://www.npr.org/2012/01/18/145339196/the-man-who-studies-the-fungus-among-us For the past 30 years, botanist Nicholas Money] has studied the microorganisms that most people associate with bad smells, itchy toes, damp basements and rotten food. A renowned fungal researcher at Miami University in Ohio, new book [http://www.npr.org/books/titles/145339384/mushroom?tab=excerpt excerpt]. | ||
Revision as of 18:13, 10 February 2012
Mushrooms have amazing potential. See also Sustainability, also Solid Waste and Chemicals
News/Articles
A group of Yale students, poking around in the jungles of Ecuador, has unearthed a type of fungus that digests otherwise-unkillable plastics. 2/12
Video
Are mushrooms the new plastic? (TEDtalk video)
6 ways mushrooms can save the world TEDtalk. Paul Stamets has also designed the LifeBox for planting trees. His video channel
Insulation and packaging — both made from mushrooms. Bayer came up with the idea as a student at Rensselaer Polytechnic in New York and developed it with classmate Gavin McIntyre. Now the two have a company called Ecovative Design (audio and video).
Video discussion, including how to, with Mushroom Mtn SC. Especially interesting is bio-remediation, aka Mycoremediation (see also Appropedia) even breaking down oil, also industrial waste, (and diesel contaminated soil). A collection of technical documents Cambridge 2001.
Two UCB students give up finance and become social entrepreneurs, using coffee waste to grow organic mushrooms (video).
Audio
Paul Stamets interview 2/12.
For the past 30 years, botanist Nicholas Money has studied the microorganisms that most people associate with bad smells, itchy toes, damp basements and rotten food. A renowned fungal researcher at Miami University in Ohio, new book excerpt.
Books
Using plants to clean up chemicals (phytoremediation). See also Mycoremediation: Fungal Bioremediation Harbhajan Singh.
Reports/Studies
UN Manual 65 page pdf, quite thorough.
