The Great Soil Builders of Our Planet

I would like to direct the class focus to the magic mushroom section of Part 1 of our reading. The fungal technologies used to regenerate life in our ecosystem are outstanding. I found this to be the most interesting part of the book so far. The section I am referring to is the remediation project that used oyster mushrooms to extract the diesel fuel spill near Bellingham, Washington. What really blew my mind was that laboratory tests found virtually no toxic oil residue in either the soil or the mushrooms, the result of enzymes and acids that the fungi release that break down such molecular complexes. If this can happen over a six week time period, what other ways can we actively decontaminate our polluted earth? Can we apply spore mass to any polluted location? What is the extent of using this technology? What are some examples of contaminated locations that might be likely testing locations for fungal technologies? Land fills? Water treatment? Mountain top removal sites? Toxic waste dumps? And, are there companies that capitalize on this technology by buying cheap contaminated useless land, and covering it with oyster mushrooms. Only to then sell the land for ten time more than you originally bought it for, along with selling your mushrooms to a local food store. Weird, but possible I think................Brendan O'Connor