Studies show that mushrooms can help break down baby diapers and oil spills and harmful bacteria. Entrepreneurs are using mushrooms to replace Styrofoam in packing materials and car parts and turn them into home insulation. Some scientists even think certain kinds of mushrooms can help serve as a carbon sink and thus help mitigate climate change. Not to mention, of course, that they’re good to eat and, potentially, very good for our health. A lot of mass-market antibiotics are essentially fungal enzymes that destroy bacteria; if you put your own throat swab alongside fungi in a petri dish, you could, theoretically, make your own Penicillin. “It’s right around the corner,” says McCoy. “Customized, personal medicine that anybody could do for a few bucks.”
Posted on: Tue, 16 Dec 2014 14:24:29 +0000
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