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[Free Report] Mushrooms!
by Ananya Dave \| 27-01-2021 23:28 0
Mushrooms are fantastic organisms that have a multitude of reasons, from acting as a plant-based alternative to meat to helping degrade plastics to being manufacturing bricks for a more sustainable building material. Mushrooms grow roots called mycelium that have the ability to cleans pollutants and have been used to create mushroom bricks. Mycelium is the vegetative part of a fungus made of a mass of branching hyphae. The mycelium is a natural filter and can absorb pollutants form soil and water. Hence mycelium can be extracted form mushrooms and placed in water bodies such as lakes where there is too many algae where it will catch the bacteria and break it down which is a both cheap and environmentally friendly method of filtering water and could help prevent hypoxia or oceanic dead zones from occurring due to the overgrowth of algae. Since the mycelium can also absorb pollution from the soil, they are an important part of the ecosystem and can be utilized in micro forestry as they live off the bacteria that may be harmful to other plants. They even stimulate the roots of other plants to grow deeper in the soil which enables them to obtain more nutrients, thereby making the plants more healthy. Tomato’s that have been grown alongside mushrooms containing high mycelia content have been observed to grow bigger as well as yield a higher produce. The mycelium can break down hydrocarbons, which naturally occur in oil so there is a possibility that they can be used to clear up oil spills. Research is also being conducted upon the use of mycelium to clear nuclear waste. Bioluminescent mushrooms live off phosphorous, therefore research progressing upon whether they can be grown in areas of landmines or areas that have been contaminated by leftover ammunition to make these land spaces safe and usable again. In 2012 a rare species of mushroom was found in the Amazon rain forest called Pestalotiopsis Microspora that has the ability to break down polyurethane which is a main component of plastics. This discovery led to the invention of the Fungi Mutarium which is made of agar pods that are fed with plastic waste then the mushrooms are added as well as starch and sugar off which the mushrooms feed on. It takes a few months for the plastic to fully break down. References http://www.livinstudio.com/fungi-mutarium/ https://www.scienceabc.com/nature/how-are-mushrooms-more-similar-to-humans-than-plants.html https://www.dezeen.com/2018/09/25/state-of-the-worlds-fungi-report-mushrooms-eat-plastic-kew-gardens/#:~:text=Fungi%20can%20be%20used%20to,from%20Kew%20Gardens%20in%20London.&text=Aspergillus%20tubingensis%20can%20grow%20on,chemical%20bonds%20between%20plastic%20molecules. https://leapsmag.com/plastic-eating-mushrooms-let-you-have-your-trash-and-eat-it-too/ https://www.yesmagazine.org/environment/2019/03/05/mushrooms-clean-up-toxic-mess-including-plastic-why-arent-they-used-more/ https://crclr.org/article/2017-05-01-6-ways-mushrooms-can-help-save-the-planet#:~:text=Mushrooms%20can%20be%20used%20in,that%20makes%20other%20plants%20sick.&text=Additionally%20the%20mycelia%20can%20help,further%20down%20in%20the%20soil. https://interestingengineering.com/future-construction-mushroom-buildings#:~:text=An%20architectural%20team%20known%20as,alternate%20uses%20for%20mushroom%20mycelium.

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7 Comments

Jose Del Solar Bou says :
Hello!
what good information you shared, thanks for leaving the references.
Posted 19-02-2021 07:03

Asmita Gaire says :
Greetings ananya
I hope you are doing well
Thank you so much for this report
Keep writing
Green cheers
Regards
Asmita Gaire
Posted 13-02-2021 14:15

SJ Mentor says :
Hello Ananya!
It's your SJ mentor.

I hope you are doing well.
Thank you for sharing such an informative report with us.
Mushrooms act as decomposers in the ecosystem and additionally absorb a variety of pollutants.
In particular, you should be careful when ingesting mushrooms because they absorb radioactive materials well.
Research is underway to decompose waste, including plastics, by utilizing fungi and microorganisms.
It is hoped that the plastic will be dismantled, and that the organism will grow again, and a value chain will be established where the carbon can be recycled back into fuel.

Green cheers!

Best regards,
SJ mentor.
Posted 01-02-2021 08:22

Dolma Diki Sherpa says :
Greetings from Nepal

Thank you for sharing your informative report on mushroom.

Keep writing, keep sharing
We are eager to learn more from you.

Regards
Dolma
Posted 30-01-2021 23:12

Mun WooJooMentor says :
Hello Ananya,
this is your mentor WooJoo.

Warm greetings from South Korea!
Thank you for sharing such a helpful report about mushrooms.
It clearly shows why biodiversity is necessary for healthy environment.
Also the mushrooms can have symbiotic relationships with other organisms.
Having such a natural nutrient supplier is the best thing for improving the quality of products,
and they would reduce the need of chemicals that might harm the soil or other parts of environment as well.
Furthermore, mushrooms are useful for vegan diet, how amazing!

Keep sharing

Regards,
WooJoo

Posted 30-01-2021 22:50

Shobha Pokhrel says :
Hello Ananya ,
Thanks for Sharing your report about the various uses of Mushroom mycellium .
Keep Sharing

Warm Regards ,

Shobha
Posted 28-01-2021 21:27

Sandhya Adhikari says :
Hey Ananya Dave,
I do hope you are staying safe with the sound health,
thank you so much for writing about the benefits of Mushroom,
From the health point of view too, mushroom is an incredible and useful,
keep writing such an informative reports,
We are eager to read much more from you in coming days,

Yours,
Sandhya
Posted 28-01-2021 20:17