6 Ways Mushrooms Can Save the World

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Jen47 — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 14:17:39 GMT

And NOW we watch as the cost of mushrooms skyrockets huh? Or some company tries to patent one.

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EQ — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 21:37:06 GMT

Kombucha anyone?

Mmmmmm.

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Hashkem — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 19:25:43 GMT

This is very amazing and extremely important. I am not a biologist but I am reasonably well informed about everything important. I had no idea! I am taken totally by surprise. Stamet has to do everything he can to propagate this knowledge, which I am sure he is doing, and everyone else has to do whatever we can to spread the knowledge around. I am astounded and energized with enthusiasm at the newly found knowledge that gives rise to so much optimism. I never believed in silver bullets but this is at least the key to the solution to many intractible and destructive problems.

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HealingMindN — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 18:27:34 GMT

At www.fungi.com/.../index.html there's a video of Paul Stamets explaining how oyster mushrooms breakdown hydrocarbons (as it applies to the Bay Area Oil Spill) to the channel 2 reporter, then the reporter asks him for a simplified explanation - and it actually was a simplified explanation, but it was still above the reporter's level of understanding. What does this say about the "mainstream" to whom the reporter wants to appeal?

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imafyne — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:56:27 GMT

Excellent. Inspiring. Gives me a little more hope for the future of our species. I've always been fascinated by fungi -- their growth habits, their capacity to break down materials and recycle them into harmless elements that the earth can use positively.

My mother used mushroom compost in her garden, years ago. The plants that grow there are usually lush, gigantic and long-lived. She has mushrooms popping out of the lawn all the time. Now I know why I think they're perfect.

If we all start in our own back yards, we'll gain a foothold.

So, how do I get a Life Box? How can I work to spread these wondrous creatures in my neighborhood? I'd like to "sneak" around the neighborhood, (west of Portland, Oregon) at night, spreading the contents of the life box into vacant lots, and "trashed" front yards -- be a "janey mushroom seed" person.

Who else wants to do this, too?

Let's not wait any longer to help save our planet and all the creatures on it that make Earth such a precious jewel.

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Fighting.Grandma — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:56:31 GMT

What an incredible journey he is on. With times being as bad for our planet and it's inhabitants, it is awesome to see the incredible wealth of knowledge out there that is actually doing something that can hopefully start to undue the damage that is being perpetuated upon us by the greedy few 'mongers of destruction'. Even though there were a bunch of words he used that I have no idea what they mean, I did get the concept of the huge benefits across-the-boards with this technology.

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Elizabeth Hensley — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:25:03 GMT

Why did the lady mushrooms like to go out with the gentlemen toadstool?

He was a real fun gi. :0)

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Capnwill — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:21:57 GMT

Wonderful article..

Now I'd like to take our responsibility for practical thinking one step further.

I would ask that we consider moving the metropolitan areas to the eastern part of the state.

This may facilitate the natural fungal recycling.

This could take place in a economical as well as ecological manner since we have the technology to move water up hill.

let the sand and filtration of gravity cleanse our ground water and the mycelium recycle the rest of the toxins created by the masses of population.

This would allow us to give the water ways and pasture lands back to the wild life so it could thrive.

Maybe this is not practical for the monetarily vested bunch but for species survival we should at least think it over.

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Dquixote1217 — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 16:09:18 GMT

That was fascinating! As a natural health researcher and author I have long followed mushrooms for their medicinal purposes , but I must confess to having little or no idea of just how much potential mushrooms and fungi had until watching this film. Wow!

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Laurie Bluth — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:26:50 GMT

Having a fair amount of experience as a medical microbiologist, I have always thought fungi fascinating "characters". Of course, the ones I was working with, were not beneficial to man, at least once they got a foothold in the body.

On a personal note, I have always loved the edible varieties.

But this was - WOW!!!! Ordered the book immediately. What a great foundation of study and breakthrough in the natural world. It is exciting to know that there are natural ways to fight the many obnoxious critters and heretofore difficult to prevent diseases.

And what wondrous creatures these fungi! Can't wait to learn more.

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Christa H. McTall — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:01:04 GMT

How doI get the stuff for the Carpender Ants. I have some coming into my kitchen and I don't want to use toxic materials. My entiree house and property is toxin free.

Christa

bbokou1@verizon.net

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bmc — Fri, 23 May 2008 12:48:35 GMT

I'm glad I was able to find the time to watch this. It seems to be more proof that we need to live in balance with nature.

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qualitygeek — Thu, 22 May 2008 01:51:18 GMT

Thanks for posting this - that was fascinating.

When the discussion reached the effect on bacteria & viruses, I immediately wondered about the effect of mycelium on HHV-8 & similar microbes.

Also, is there a mycelium that mosquitos are attracted to? Or "crazy ants"?