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Mycoremediation: the under-utilised art of fungi clean-ups Mycoremediation: the under-utilised art of fungi clean-ups 26 Feb 2021 History is littered with examples of fungi helping to digest the detritus and contaminants left by humans. New challenges could reinvigorate the field
‘Mycoremediation’ is a dizzying term. Put simply, it means using fungi to clean up pollution. Fungi are nature’s most vigorous agents for decomposition. For millions of years, they have evolved to exploit the detritus of other species, recycling nutrients through the ecosystem. The only organisms on Earth that decompose wood, their ability to extend through soil in filamentous mycelia, excreting digestive enzymes, allows them to adaptively decompose tough materials.
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The designer Iris van Herpen recently became fascinated by what scientists call the “wood wide web,” the communication network used by fungi to send messages between plants think of it as nature s answer to the Internet. After stumbling across
Entangled Life, a book by the plant scientist Merlin Sheldrake, she decided to turn this vast underground array of information-delivering filaments which she describes as “a huge communication system, like the brain of the earth into fodder for her latest couture collection, titled Roots of Rebirth.
The fusing of nature with technology and the revelation that the two have more in common than we typically think is the foundation of van Herpen’s work. The designer has harnessed everything from iron filings to “dragon skin,” a type of silicone used by the military as body armor, to create her stunning, otherworldly designs. She maintains a scientif