Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Rainforest Fungus Produces Diesel

A fungus that lives inside trees in the Patagonian rain forest naturally makes a mix of hydrocarbons that bears a striking resemblance to diesel, biologists announced today. And the fungus can grow on cellulose, a major component of tree trunks, blades of grass and stalks that is the most abundant carbon-based plant material on Earth.

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/11/rainforest-fung.html#more

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