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Can Mushrooms Save the Planet?
Just below your feet as you wander through the forest is a cache of fibrous material: mycelium. Mycelium is the living roots that connect mushroom caps to the material they grow on. Mycelium can be used to make leather alternatives, caskets and windmills.