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How Mushrooms Will Solve The World’s Biggest Problems
Mushrooms may be most famous for their pizza prowess and psychedelic strains, but Paul Stamets, renowned mycologist and mushroom enthusiast, has much loftier visions for everyone’s favourite fungi. He believes that the solution to some of the world’s biggest problems lies in mushroom farming.
Amazonian Mushroom Eats Indestructible Plastics
We use polyurethane to make just about everything — garden hoses, furniture, the entirety of my local 99-cent store. It’s easy to produce, durable, and dirt cheap. What it isn’t is recyclable — there isn’t a single natural process that breaks it down. That is until a newly-discovered Amazonian fungus takes a bite.
Mario Mushroom Is Yet Another Lame Attempt to Disguise a Vibrator
For some reason I can’t seem to grasp, Japanese people seem to be obsessed with vibrating objects that are not actual vibrators. OK, I lied, I can understand it perfectly. Specially when they try to pass them as soft Super Mario mushrooms. Then I don’t only understand the obsession, but I actually want to have one. In fact, buy two dozens and make a vibrating mushroom bed sticking them together. For $US26, you can use them as mini-seats and chair cushions, provided you don’t weigh more than 80kg. [Rinkya Blog]
New Phone for People Who Like Mushrooms, Hate Poisonings
Foraging for mushrooms can be fun, but getting poisoned by the wrong species always ruins a nice afternoon. Researchers at the Hagenberg College in Austria have developed software that can identify which mushrooms are safe to eat and which are poisonous, just from a photograph. This means it could easily be run on a mobile phone with a camera, to create a handy tool for foragers. It’s not sure yet clear whether magic mushrooms have been placed in the safe or poisonous category – maybe that will be a user option. [Metro]
