Thursday, January 13, 2011

Can Mushrooms Clean Up Puget Sound?

Couldn't resist posting a link to this story!

http://www.nwcn.com/news/environment/Puget-Sound-Solution-Mushrooms-113299614.html

The potential for using mushrooms in treatment has come up before in our discussions about shellfish growing areas.  Here in the KGI area, we've been looking into mushrooms as a potential method for treating the fecal coliform bacteria in livestock waste.  One of the leaders in this effort is Paul Stamets who owns a company called Fungi Perfecti which is based out of Olympia, WA.  He is also the author of Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save The World

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