Comments on: TED Talks – Mushrooms Can Save the World

By: Mycelium: Nature’s Garbage Disposal and More - knowledgefault.com

Mycelium: Nature’s Garbage Disposal and More - knowledgefault.com — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:17:09 +0000

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By: tim

tim — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:55:50 +0000

Uncle B, I’m right with ya… I think the best way out of this mess is to learn about and understand the world around us and then find out how to live with it so that the relationship is mutually beneficial. Make sure you read my post below about eating mushrooms. For the radiation, I don’t think they actually eat it, but they can concentrate it in the mushrooms and therefore clean up the soil.

By: tim

tim — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 23:51:49 +0000

Fungi can do cool things like hyperconcentrate contaminants (like heavy metals and radiation). That is, they can take the contaminants from the soil and then send the chemicals to the mushrooms so the compounds occur in much higher concentrations in the mushrooms and eventually, the soil will be clean. Stamets talks about it in his latest book. That means that you **SHOULD NOT EAT** mushrooms in contaminated areas! Even mushrooms growing along roadsides should be avoided because they can have high concentrations of chemicals from car exhaust. Also, make sure you know what you’re doing if you’re eating wild mushrooms.

By: Loui Honguitos

Loui Honguitos — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 09:31:29 +0000

Humankind must be aware of gigantic human-eater mushrooms, once I saw one and let me tell you, those mushrooms can eat a person alive, at least a skiny one, be extremely careful, ok?

By: Richard Eric Benjamins

Richard Eric Benjamins — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 03:09:44 +0000

fungi is indeed the miracle drug, however be very carefull,
God dwells within fungi.

By: casanova brutal

casanova brutal — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 07:24:31 +0000

my friends think i'm a fun guy

By: Hyrum

Hyrum — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:22:03 +0000

The earth used to be much hotter then it is now and fungi survived so I am sure that they are not dieing.

By: Uncle B

Uncle B — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 19:01:15 +0000

Heard fungi eat radiation. Question: Can we eat fungi fed on radiation safely? Were you able to eat the fungi grown in the oil-spill, or did they take on the poisons, ar any bad flavors? Fungi on net proclaimed to turn wood fiber directly to diesel like fuel, is this practical for industrial exploitation? Also: Will this great republican depression teach humanity to live on what it needs for survival, not on whatever it decides it wants? I am a troubled soul for what goes on in the world today. Will the hard times yield a better American society?

By: Calin

Calin — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:02:56 +0000

That’s a very interesting thing. However, in my country I observed, now with the earth heating thing, that mushrooms disapear from the forests.

By: Fun Guy

Fun Guy — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:35:06 +0000

lots of fungi online!