Researchers in England found that turkey tail mushrooms can dramatically improve river water quality by filtering pollutants through their underground mycelium networks.
In trials in Devon and Lincolnshire, bags of wood chips inoculated with turkey tail spores removed about 80% of E. coli bacteria, 83% of phosphorus, and 35% of nitrogen from polluted waterways.
The results were so successful that England’s water regulator, OFWAT, awarded Anglian Water nearly $2 million to expand the approach as a low-cost supplement to traditional sewage treatment.
The study highlights the growing potential of fungi as natural environmental cleanup tools, building on previous research showing mushrooms can absorb contaminants such as heavy metals and even radiation.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/ckgp58lp7xdo
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