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White Rot Fungi Boost Methane From Farm Waste Up to 2.15 Times

White Rot Fungi Boost Methane From Farm Waste Up to 2.15 Times

Elm oyster, Milk-white toothed polypore, Rusty gilled polypore

What they found

White rot fungi grown on digestate broke down lignin and increased methane production by up to 2.15 times.

White rot fungi grown on digestate broke down lignin and increased methane production by up to 2.15 times.

The number

up to 2.15 times

How solid is it?

Field study

Field study

Field/ecology

Field/ecology

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

At a glance

Latin name

Pleurotus ostreatus, Irpex lacteus, Dichomitus squalens

Pleurotus ostreatus, Irpex lacteus, Dichomitus squalens

Compound

lignin

lignin

Published in

ScienceDirect

ScienceDirect

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Section

ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION

ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION

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Methane Makeover

Methane Makeover

White rot fungi like the elm oyster (Pleurotus ostreatus), milk-white toothed polypore (Irpex lacteus), and rusty gilled polypore (Dichomitus squalens) helped turn agricultural waste into cleaner energy. When grown on anaerobic digestate, these fungi broke down stubborn lignin and increased methane production by up to 2.15 times. The strongest boost came from D. squalens after just 20 days, great news for farms and biogas systems looking to generate more power from waste.

White rot fungi like the elm oyster (Pleurotus ostreatus), milk-white toothed polypore (Irpex lacteus), and rusty gilled polypore (Dichomitus squalens) helped turn agricultural waste into cleaner energy. When grown on anaerobic digestate, these fungi broke down stubborn lignin and increased methane production by up to 2.15 times. The strongest boost came from D. squalens after just 20 days, great news for farms and biogas systems looking to generate more power from waste.

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