Mushrooms Could Be Used In Rivers To Clear E coli And Filter Sewage
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on The Times.
This is the sub-heading.
Ofwat has funded a nationwide trial after tests revealed that leaky dams of fungi can trap and consume dangerous pollutants
These paragraphs add some detail.
Mushrooms could be deployed in rivers to filter out toxic pollutants after a trial showed fungi can destroy bacteria that pose a risk to human health.
Ofwat, the industry regulator, has awarded Anglian Water £1.5 million to use fungi to clean up rivers after a trial showed that they could remove 80 per cent of E. coli from rivers.
It sounds promising to me, as after living in the countryside for many years, I’ve heard so many countrymen and women, with strange remedies for things like algae.
Mushrooms in the Morning
I walked the fields this morning and found there were a lot of mushrooms.
Mushrooms in the Morning
You can’t see it very well in this photograph, but there was a complete circle.
Mushrooms in the Morning - 2
This picture taken from a different direction shows the circle a little bit better.
Mushrooms in the Morning - 3
There were a tremendous number of them.
What puzzles me, is why are they in a complete circle around an oak tree?
Judy Dyble has pointed me to an explanation in Wikipedia.
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