Can Mushrooms Save the Planet?

Since the 1950s, humans have generated more than 8 billion metric tons of plastic, and it will take centuries for all that to decompose. But what if mushrooms could get rid of plastic pollution sooner? Alejandro Alba went into the lab—and the art studio—to find out if plastic-eating fungi can save the planet. Presented by Astral Tequila.

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[jessetorres]

Answer: Not if they cause a zombie apocalypse.

[tedmoy]

Finally, some hope in life... Adorable host BTW.

[crystalr.castillo]

Great video 🖤
Sonia's earrings are cute! 🍄

[ZeginMakesMusic]

I grew a mycelia that will consume a dirty diaper. Last week I put a handful of grain spawn into my diaper genie, and today there is no smell and it is halfway colonized. Mycology is an incredible science that is 90% untapped. I plan on filing a utility patent and licensing the technology. If you have mycelia in a petri dish, you can train it to eat almost anything.

[JamesFox]

They are Tousands of ways to Change this Current Outlook = STAY STRONG EVERYONE = WE ARE NOT DONE YET !!!

[terenceiutzi]

They have for 300, 000, 000 years and I expect they will continue.

[Useruserusername]

Mushrooms are intelligent and grow based on what life is around them to be as enticing as possible. What we see is the very end of an intelligent network of signal transmission that works the same way as our Neurological system. Fungi can find its way through a maze, Vines can't even do that.

[juskahusk]

No, they only have illusion magic, not elemental magic.

[SpiffyMario]

only if they make you grow in size when you eat them.

[September]

Is there any plastic that cannot be consumed by mushrooms?