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lunartree t1_ixvsz8c wrote

Reply to comment by rarz in Scientists Have Used Mushrooms to Make Biodegradable Computer Chip Parts by Sorin61

Hijacking this comment to say that's not what the article is talking about. These are normal plastic chips, but imagine if at a recycling facility they could use spores to biodegrade away the plastics and then recycle the metals.

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iRedditonFacebook t1_ixxmyp5 wrote

Where does it say that? it is about replacing insulation.

>The particular species of fungus is the Ganoderma lucidum, which grows on dead rotting wood in European mountains. As it reaches maturity, it creates a fibrous skin to protect its own substrate (the wood in this case) which if peeled off can instead protect microchips

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