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Amazon Plant Fungi Could Replace Synthetic Dyes

Amazon Plant Fungi Could Replace Synthetic Dyes

What they found

Pigment-producing fungi living on the Amazonian cricket vine could help replace synthetic dyes.

Pigment-producing fungi living on the Amazonian cricket vine could help replace synthetic dyes.

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Field study

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Field/ecology

Evidence ladder: Lab dish → Animal → Early human → Strong human. Reviews summarize earlier research.

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Fungi Dye

Fungi Dye

Pigment-producing fungi that live on the cricket vine, a medicinal plant native to the Amazon rainforest, could help replace synthetic dyes.

Pigment-producing fungi that live on the cricket vine, a medicinal plant native to the Amazon rainforest, could help replace synthetic dyes.

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