Larry Millman calls our attention to The Economist for April 23-29, wherein we learn of a demonstration that Pleurotus ostreatus can break down 90% of urine-soaked diapers within two months and degrade them completely in four. The article is entitled"Bottom feeders" and dashes the hopes it raises initially by discussing the expense of initial sterilization and by pointing out that "In practice, overcoming the yuck factor might be an insuperable barrier to marketing" a product based on this talent possessed by Pleurotus. Another publication making its debut in this column is the NYU Alumni Magazine wherein we find a review of a biography of John Cage, mentioning the fact that he "co-founded the New York Mycological Society" but failing to note thathe was a friend of Elio Schaechter, founder of this Bulletin.
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