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Mycelium Sent to the Stratosphere to Test Space Farming

Mycelium Sent to the Stratosphere to Test Space Farming

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Researchers sent mycelium into the stratosphere a second time to test fungi as a carbon dioxide source for space-grown plants.

Researchers sent mycelium into the stratosphere a second time to test fungi as a carbon dioxide source for space-grown plants.

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Space Farming

Florida Atlantic University and Montana’s Garden City Fungi just sent mycelium into the stratosphere — for the second time — to study the viability of using fungi as a carbon dioxide source for space-grown plants.

Florida Atlantic University and Montana’s Garden City Fungi just sent mycelium into the stratosphere — for the second time — to study the viability of using fungi as a carbon dioxide source for space-grown plants.

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