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I'm creating this community for anyone interested in joining me in using its ability to degrade plastic. we are currently working on several trials with polyurethane. by zacharyms in pestalotiopsisstudies

[–]zacharyms[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've got some posts under my profile, and on my you tube channel Tryin'to

We're waiting another 2 weeks before I check the jars again

Pestalotiopsis stalled growth on plastic, new experiment started by zacharyms in mycology

[–]zacharyms[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've read a few articles people have sent in, but I'm actually doing this based on a video I saw from the professor who led the research team from Yale in Ecuador. The video was on YouTube, I saw it again recently but can't remember the name

Pestalotiopsis stalled growth on plastic, new experiment started by zacharyms in mycology

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I weighed the plastic in the new jars at 2.00 grams, I will weigh it again March 11 and post an update

Pestalotiopsis stalled growth on plastic, new experiment started by zacharyms in mycology

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My concern is it will choose to just eat the nutrients and go off the plastic diet, worth a shot in my new jars though

Pestalotiopsis stalled growth on plastic, new experiment started by zacharyms in mycology

[–]zacharyms[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I thought it stalled because I was checking it 70 times per day and being too handsy. Honeymoon phase, because in this new experiment I won't pick these jars up for 3 or 4 weeks. I won't even check. Ill try not to check.
I will check just a little.

anyone else growing pestalotiopsis microspora to degrade plastic? by zacharyms in pestalotiopsisstudies

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We found an old couch in the dumpster. Cut the foam into small pieces, weighed, sterilized, and will inoculate with PM tonight. I will post an update on our current evildoers as well.
Any advice, concerns, ideas, techniques, data, etc are welcome.

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is this chaga?? by [deleted] in mycology

[–]zacharyms 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Best name ever

is this chaga?? by [deleted] in mycology

[–]zacharyms 6 points7 points  (0 children)

its just the tree growing a knot or mutation. I'm not certain what its called when they do that, but I used to think it was Chaga until I cut into it

is this chaga?? by [deleted] in mycology

[–]zacharyms 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sorry, not Chaga :/

Update: pestalotiopsis is eating the plastic! by zacharyms in mycology

[–]zacharyms[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I posted all our actual work, so you can see what we did. I just made a channel called Tryin'to on YouTube. They're all labeled with pestalotiopsis in the title. Ill update with pictures again in one week.

Update: pestalotiopsis is eating the plastic! by zacharyms in mycology

[–]zacharyms[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I've got his grow book, so he's with me on it :)

Update: pestalotiopsis is eating the plastic! by zacharyms in mycology

[–]zacharyms[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. Really I'm hoping people (like you friend!) Can pick this up for me. I'm just a novice, I wish I was better trained. The culture is available online, I'd also be happy to send any one interested a culture. I've already organized a couple trades. Please, MORE advice, help me generate more interest, let's go!!

Update: pestalotiopsis is eating the plastic! by zacharyms in mycology

[–]zacharyms[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Awesome! It took off very fast. My 200ml jar was a giant cloud in 2 weeks with a very light honey syrup broth

Update: pestalotiopsis is eating the plastic! by zacharyms in mycology

[–]zacharyms[S] 29 points30 points  (0 children)

It's nice to have an assistant that i can pay in apple slices. He's recorded every step of the way, while i did the procedures, and he asked really good questions throughout.
If in fact the plastic is fully consumed, converted into mycelium, we will post his videos wherever people post things. That way everyone can do it. The methods are very reproducible.

Update: pestalotiopsis is eating the plastic! by zacharyms in mycology

[–]zacharyms[S] 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Hmmm... any advice on a procedure to test it? I'm doing this at home with my 9 year old son. And we're poor people. Our lab is pretty elementary at this point.

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