Mushrooms like oyster (Pleurotus ostreatus ... as a legitimate tool in the battle against pollution. The ability of fungi to break down oil is just the beginning. Researchers have found that ...

citizen scientists have used fungi to help clean up oil spills in the Amazon, boat fuel pollution in Denmark and petroleum from Californian soil. Oyster mushrooms are often used to clean up oil ...

Stevenson’s work focuses on mycoremediation, a technique that uses fungi to rehabilitate polluted land. Mycoremediation ...

Just last year, Durr successfully used the common oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ... are facing issues with pollution,” Durr says. “Contaminated sites and oil spills are often left for the people ...

In one study, soil contaminated with diesel oil was inoculated with oyster mushroom mycelia ... Ok, sugar cane and shrimp do not clean-up pollution all by themselves, but together, they’re ...

The organisation began with the mission of cleaning crude oil pollution in the Ecuadorian Amazon using oyster mushrooms, which are well known for their ability to break down petroleum and ...

it's best if you can use a material that separates the oil from the seawater. Scientists have created a new organic membrane which does exactly that, and it's derived from oyster mushrooms.