new mysterious mushroom could be the answer to our fuel problems..

[lorax]

the mushroom is called Gliocladium roseum.. the article is in german.

Entdeckung eines US-Forschers: Wundersamer Regenwald-Pilz erzeugt Biodiesel

Er kann Stroh zu Gold machen - sprich: Pflanzenabfälle in Diesel verwandeln. US-Pflanzenforscher haben im südamerikanischen Regenwald einen Pilz entdeckt, der die Biosprit-Produktion revolutionieren könnte. Vielleicht beantwortet er auch die Frage, wie Öl überhaupt entstanden ist.

www.spiegel.de

google it.. you will find something in english about it. this mushroom produces ready to use diesel from left over plant materials..

could we make our own pulling solvent from a mushroom? this would be pretty cool!

 

[lorax]

in nature lies the solution to all of our problems.. on just needs to look close enough!

 

[polytrip]

The next step would be, to make micro-organisms produce plastic's and then the next and final step would be to get them fungusses to make instant he-man actionhero and barbiedolls.