Resinous Polypore Mushrooms

Resinous Polypore Mushrooms

Ischnoderma resinosum. Late Fall Polypore.

This is a very common edible-when-young fungus.

Resinous Polypore Mushrooms

Even as they age, these mushrooms remain beautiful, especially with deepening colors and

lines that make them even more interesting. Can the same be said about us?

There are more than 100,000 colors of synthetic dyes produced commercially, mainly for use in textile, paper, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, and food industries. Many of these dyes  are toxic and carcinogenic to living organisms, including humans. Shockingly, around 280,000 tons of textile dyes are discharged every year worldwide.

The resinous polypore, is a white rot fungus capable of degrading organic pollutants… including synthetic dyes. It's effectiveness has been shown to be even greater than the degradation efficiency of oyster and turkey tail mushrooms, which are also powerful bio-remediators.

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