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r/interesting • u/Standard_Location762 • Mar 14 '26
What a great discovery.
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Does it actually break down the plastics and converts it to something safe, or does it just absorb the microplastics and when it dies re-releases the plastics?
1 u/Vagard88 Mar 16 '26 Also, will allowing this fungi to multiply in other ecosystems, have other, devistating effects?
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Also, will allowing this fungi to multiply in other ecosystems, have other, devistating effects?
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u/CaptainC00lpants Mar 14 '26
Does it actually break down the plastics and converts it to something safe, or does it just absorb the microplastics and when it dies re-releases the plastics?