Comments on: Inspiring video: Paul Stamets on how mushrooms could help save the earth.

By: Evita

Evita — Wed, 14 May 2008 11:13:09 +0000

I just saw the 11th Hour yesterday and Paul Stamets is in it. Not sure if you have seen this movie yet - it is fantastic! He discusses there also the possibilities of mushrooms.

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By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 14 May 2008 03:14:42 +0000

Evita: I’m glad you enjoyed it Evita. I’ll be doing some experimenting soon with some of the mushrooms and things that he talks about. I just hope that we’ll be able to figure out how to help replenish some of the loss that we’ve had with old growth forests and what not.

By: Evita

Evita — Sat, 10 May 2008 00:13:13 +0000

Excellent video - learned so much! That is amazing how mushrooms have so many potential benefits for us - great news!

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By: Jason

Jason — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:39:53 +0000

They’re amazing I can’t wait for us to use them in the revival of some of our land. We’ve tried all the chemicals we put up barriers on hillsides that we stripped of grasses and trees. Nature has been trying to show us this natural erosion control and basically the forests best friend. Now that we’ve found out how important it is we should be able to put it to use.

By: Garg the Unzola

Garg the Unzola — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:17:01 +0000

Mushrooms are really interesting. They are decomposers that absorb nutrients from organic wastes (saprotrophs).

They break down wastes into CO2, water and mineral components. If they did not perform this function, these nutrients would become lost.

Studies have shown that certain rain forest plants only grow when they are have mushrooms growing around them, despite having all the necessary nutrients artificially supplied.

Mushrooms and related plants are often the first to grow on arid land. They make the land fertile again.

Mushrooms play an important role in the Nitrogen cycle too. Useful little fellows.

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