Scientists Find Plastic-Eating Fungus Feasting on Great Pacific Garbage Patch ( futurism.com )
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The land, water and air around us are chock-full of DNA fragments from fungi that mycologists can’t link to known organisms. These slippery beings are so widespread scientists are calling them “dark fungi.” It’s a comparison to the equally elusive dark matter and dark energy that permeates the universe.
the study https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38684233/
https://archive.ph/sisVc
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