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anthiawe
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plastic eating fungus and termite defense fungus
#23856267 - 11/22/16 04:09 AM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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Pestalotiopsis microspore - apparently consumes polyurethane as its sole carbon source. has anyone had experience with this or have the culture in their possession?
metarhizium anisopliae - same questions for this fungus, it protects wood from termites.
As I will be working in a developing country for a while these fungi could be very useful tools in dealing with some major issues. any knowledge of cultivation or where to acquire would be greatly appreciated.
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Re: plastic eating fungus and termite defense fungus [Re: anthiawe]
#23857349 - 11/22/16 01:27 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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 I will be keeping an eye on this thread.
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anthiawe
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Re: plastic eating fungus and termite defense fungus [Re: Marty Mycfly]
#23857606 - 11/22/16 02:53 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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I'm not sure if anything will come of it! but who knows what information is out there. i know stamets has a product or developing a product with the termite fungus, not sure how it all works. forest organics has a plate of the plastic consuming fungs,,@ $80.00 US, and aloha has the termite one for $225 US. thats as far as my knowledge takes me at this point.
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Re: plastic eating fungus and termite defense fungus [Re: anthiawe]
#23857896 - 11/22/16 04:13 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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Hey anth, good to see you posting again! I read the article about the Yale students collecting the plastic eater a couple years back and could have swore sporeworks carried it but not seeing it now. Here's a syringe on Amazon for $6. Who knows if it's legit?
https://www.amazon.com/Polyurethane-Pestalotiopsis-microspora-Culture-Syringe/dp/B01F2LHP04
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Re: plastic eating fungus and termite defense fungus [Re: Mycolorado]
#23857916 - 11/22/16 04:18 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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Not sure when the image says "Golden oyster" on the label.
Edit: Same image used on all items.
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anthiawe
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Re: plastic eating fungus and termite defense fungus [Re: Ferather]
#23857978 - 11/22/16 04:36 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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they wont ship to Canada
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Re: plastic eating fungus and termite defense fungus [Re: anthiawe]
#23857985 - 11/22/16 04:37 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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thanks though mycolorodo! thanks for posting that and helping out in the search!
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Re: plastic eating fungus and termite defense fungus [Re: anthiawe]
#23861122 - 11/23/16 04:01 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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got a US P.O box and just had the plastic fungus shipped! thanks for the link mycolorodo! If anyone is interested in the culture let me know, see if any interesting experiments can be done with it.
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Re: plastic eating fungus and termite defense fungus [Re: anthiawe]
#23861255 - 11/23/16 04:46 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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Awesome! Now that you've ordered it, I can say I was gonna order it and ship up to you...thanks for saving me the hassle! Really looking forward to this!
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anthiawe
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Re: plastic eating fungus and termite defense fungus [Re: Mycolorado]
#23861298 - 11/23/16 05:00 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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hahah  will let update when the package arrives.
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Re: plastic eating fungus and termite defense fungus [Re: anthiawe]
#23861487 - 11/23/16 06:02 PM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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Just checking up on this thread. Is there a way to subscribe to threads without replying?
By the way, I probably have Pestalotiopsis microspora available (if I have not killed it).
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Re: plastic eating fungus and termite defense fungus [Re: Mycolorado]
#23862296 - 11/24/16 12:17 AM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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Quote:
Mycolorado said: Hey anth, good to see you posting again! I read the article about the Yale students collecting the plastic eater a couple years back and could have swore sporeworks carried it but not seeing it now. Here's a syringe on Amazon for $6. Who knows if it's legit?
https://www.amazon.com/Polyurethane-Pestalotiopsis-microspora-Culture-Syringe/dp/B01F2LHP04
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Re: plastic eating fungus and termite defense fungus [Re: azur]
#23862507 - 11/24/16 03:26 AM (7 years, 2 months ago) |
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Causmicaug - if you can revive your culture let us know, would love to get it distributed around to people on the shroomery who want it. Thanks for posting!
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Re: plastic eating fungus and termite defense fungus [Re: anthiawe]
#23907525 - 12/08/16 04:02 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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received the culture syringe yesterday, put it on agar to test it. If its all clean I'll grow it out in LC and have some syringes to send out and maybe we can get some group experiments going with this so called 'plastic eater'.
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Re: plastic eating fungus and termite defense fungus [Re: anthiawe]
#23907546 - 12/08/16 04:10 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Your going to use plastic syringes, oh noes!!
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Re: plastic eating fungus and termite defense fungus [Re: anthiawe]
#23907558 - 12/08/16 04:12 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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anthiawe said: received the culture syringe yesterday, put it on agar to test it. If its all clean I'll grow it out in LC and have some syringes to send out and maybe we can get some group experiments going with this so called 'plastic eater'.
Count me in please
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Re: plastic eating fungus and termite defense fungus [Re: azur]
#23907567 - 12/08/16 04:14 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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I will also take one as long as it has not eaten the syringe by the time it gets here
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anthiawe
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Re: plastic eating fungus and termite defense fungus [Re: azur]
#23907649 - 12/08/16 04:36 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Ferather said: Your going to use plastic syringes, oh noes!!
haha well it arrived in a plastic syringe and its all good! apparently it likes polyurethane, not sure if that's the kind of plastic a syringe is made of?
Azur: Count me in please
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Re: plastic eating fungus and termite defense fungus [Re: anthiawe]
#23907668 - 12/08/16 04:43 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Marty Mycfly
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Re: plastic eating fungus and termite defense fungus [Re: azur]
#23907991 - 12/08/16 06:25 PM (7 years, 1 month ago) |
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Awesome
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