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Turkey Tail and Reishi Remove Flame Retardants From Wastewater

Turkey Tail and Reishi Remove Flame Retardants From Wastewater

Turkey tail, Reishi

What they found

Fungal bioreactors with turkey tail, reishi and Pycnoporus removed over 90% of two flame-retardant chemicals from urban wastewater.

Fungal bioreactors with turkey tail, reishi and Pycnoporus removed over 90% of two flame-retardant chemicals from urban wastewater.

The number

removed over 90% of TBP and TBEP

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

Trametes versicolor, Ganoderma lucidum, Pycnoporus sanguineus

Trametes versicolor, Ganoderma lucidum, Pycnoporus sanguineus

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Section

ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION

ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION

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Fungi Filter Flame Chemicals

Fungi Filter Flame Chemicals

Turkey tail (Trametes versicolor), reishi (Ganoderma lucidum), and Pycnoporus sanguineus removed flame-retardant chemicals from urban wastewater in rotating drum bioreactors under real, non-sterile conditions. The system removed over 90% of TBP and TBEP, while the wood-supported fungal reactor removed 57% of TCEP and 68% of TCPP, two harder-to-remove chlorinated pollutants. Reishi became a key player, growing by three logs in the wood reactor, and no potentially toxic breakdown products remained after long-term treatment.

Turkey tail (Trametes versicolor), reishi (Ganoderma lucidum), and Pycnoporus sanguineus removed flame-retardant chemicals from urban wastewater in rotating drum bioreactors under real, non-sterile conditions. The system removed over 90% of TBP and TBEP, while the wood-supported fungal reactor removed 57% of TCEP and 68% of TCPP, two harder-to-remove chlorinated pollutants. Reishi became a key player, growing by three logs in the wood reactor, and no potentially toxic breakdown products remained after long-term treatment.

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