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6 ways mushrooms can save the world

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Paul Stamets |

TED2008

• March 2008

Mycologist Paul Stamets lists 6 ways the mycelium fungus can help save the universe: cleaning polluted soil, making insecticides, treating smallpox and even flu viruses.

Mycologist Paul Stamets lists 6 ways the mycelium fungus can help save the universe: cleaning polluted soil, making insecticides, treating smallpox and even flu viruses.

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Paul Stamets believes that mushrooms can save our lives, restore our ecosystems and transform other worlds.

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