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#340: Paul Stamets — How Mushrooms Can Save You and (Perhaps) the World

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How Mushrooms Could Help Solve Human Problems

Stammes is researching a wide variety of ways in which fungi could help solve human problems. Mushrooms could be used to break down petro chemicals or absorb radiation from contaminated soil and water. A mushroom micilia could cleanse run off from storm drames, farms or log logging roads. Growing mushrooms for biodesel could require far less soil and other resources than commonly cultivated fuel crops.

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