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minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 year agoThe cesium leeches into the soil and it’s absorbed by the truffles. They wouldn’t save us in a nuclear war. This is just where the radioactivity accumulates.
minus-squareBernie Ecclestoned@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoCould it aid in clear up in places like Ukraine and Japan?
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoI doubt it, but this is not my area of expertise.
minus-squarejayrhacker@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 year agoTruffles are pretty rare (which is why we use pigs to find them) but maybe another kind of fungi could work?
minus-squareNorgur@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoDeer truffles are not regular truffles and they aren’t that rare actually.
The cesium leeches into the soil and it’s absorbed by the truffles. They wouldn’t save us in a nuclear war. This is just where the radioactivity accumulates.
Could it aid in clear up in places like Ukraine and Japan?
I doubt it, but this is not my area of expertise.
Truffles are pretty rare (which is why we use pigs to find them) but maybe another kind of fungi could work?
Deer truffles are not regular truffles and they aren’t that rare actually.