Fungi Discovered In The Amazon Will Eat Your Plastic

[xenoviper]

"The Amazon is home to more species than almost anywhere else on earth. One of them, carried home recently by a group from Yale University, appears to be quite happy eating plastic in airless landfills."

https://www.fastcoexist.com/1679201/fungi-discovered-in-the-amazon-will-eat-your-plastic

if theres an outbreak we'll have to be careful with our collections...

 

[Darth Snoopy]

I love the pic they used in that article!

 

[crows]

that is great news for the planet!!!

terrible news for collectors...
I could see this thing getting out of control and becoming the blob

 

[The Ween]

 

[crows]

 

[Centurion]

You can make fried dumpling with those mushrooms:

 

[Lejuan]

Not sure if this is similar to the fungi those students brought back:

 

[eighthsamurai]

i can just see HT's new automated customer service response to complaints about deteriorating figures

"thank you for contacting hot toys customer service. please use microscopic equipment to check for plastic-eating bacteria. we recommend more regular cleaning with 5 micrometre sponge and soap. thank you."

 

[Darth Snoopy]

 

[Centurion]

Honestly, if there is a plastic eating bacteria that gets out of control, my HT collection would be the least of my worries.