The Fungal Solution to the Plastic Crisis
The plastic pollution crisis is an ever-growing threat, and scientists are looking into natural solutions such as fungi to help combat it.
The plastic pollution crisis is an ever-growing threat, and scientists are looking into natural solutions such as fungi to help combat it.
Ever wonder what mushrooms have to do with safe and sustainable degradation of plastic waste? Wonder no more!
The Ganoderma sessile is a polypore fungi typically found on the decaying wood of hardwood trees. The species is generally found east of the Rocky Mountains, often in a semicircular shape without a stem. The colors of its cap tend to be brownish-red. The Ganoderma sessile has large spores and its structure has been described as “tough, but not woody”.