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Turkey Tail and Reishi Break Down Flame Retardants

Turkey Tail and Reishi Break Down Flame Retardants

Turkey tail, Reishi

What they found

White-rot fungi like turkey tail and reishi degraded up to 100% of some organophosphate flame retardants.

White-rot fungi like turkey tail and reishi degraded up to 100% of some organophosphate flame retardants.

The number

up to 100%

How solid is it?

Field study

Field study

Bioremediation study

Bioremediation study

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

At a glance

Latin name

Trametes versicolor

Trametes versicolor

Compound

TBEP; TCPP

TBEP; TCPP

Published in

Science of The Total Environment

Science of The Total Environment

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Section

ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION

ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION

As it ran in Shroom Scan

Flame Retardant Cleanup

Flame Retardant Cleanup

White-rot fungi like turkey tail (Trametes versicolor) and reishi effectively degraded up to 100% of organophosphate flame retardants (OPFRs) such as TBEP and 76.7% of TCPP.

White-rot fungi like turkey tail (Trametes versicolor) and reishi effectively degraded up to 100% of organophosphate flame retardants (OPFRs) such as TBEP and 76.7% of TCPP.

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