A post submitted by CGI member Leathur.

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In the main reactor at Chernobyl, a group of fungi are flourishing by using melanin to convert gamma radiation into living tissue, just as plants use chlorophyll to fix solar energy. - Richard Mabey (The Cabaret of Plants: Botany and the Imagination)

I highly recommend the documentary "Fantastic Fungi". I've always loved fungi but this movie opened our eyes to just how amazing they are and their health benefits.

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By Andy Corbley - Jun 7, 2023

GNN is pro-fungus. We report on their value as medicines, building materials, and food, as well as the constantly evolving portrait of their interconnectedness with our world, and the organisms of the forest.

Their vast network of roots known as mycelia has now been shown hold a third—yes, a third, of the annually emitted carbon dioxide emissions on Earth.

The kingdom of fungi has been supporting life on land for at least 450 million years, and it may have produced the first large terrestrial organism in the form of fungal spires several meters high.

Now, an international team of researchers pooled data from hundreds of studies on plant-soil processes. Their calculations show that more than 13 gigatons of CO2 is transferred from plants to fungi annually, turning the soil beneath our feet into the biggest carbon sink in the world, bigger even then the oceans.

CONTINUE READING: https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/fungi-could-be-the-answer-to-global-warming-as-they-store-a-third-of-all-carbon-emissions/