6 ways mushrooms can save the world

6 Ways MUSHROOMS Can SAVE the WORLD - Paul Stamets - TED awards -Talk, Lecture, Documentary, Paul Stamets has found a way to control insects with organic mycelium technology, this could very well end Monsanto's deadly monopoly



6 Ways Mushrooms Can Save the World - Paul Stamets - TED awards -Talk, Lecture, Documentary

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

Entrepreneurial mycologist Paul Stamets seeks to rescue the study of mushrooms from forest gourmets and psychedelic warlords. The focus of Stamets' research is the Northwest's native fungal genome, mycelium, but along the way he has filed 22 patents for mushroom-related technologies, including pesticidal fungi that trick insects into eating them, and mushrooms that can break down the neurotoxins used in nerve gas.
There are cosmic implications as well. Stamets believes we could terraform other worlds in our galaxy by sowing a mix of fungal spores and other seeds to create an ecological footprint on a new planet.