mushroom, Pestalotiopsis microspora, that can  consume plastic. The mushroom's plastic-devouring  

蘑菇 Pestalotiopsis microspora，它可以消耗塑料。

properties were first discovered in 2011  by a team of Yale undergraduates and their  

2011 年，一組耶魯本科生和他們的 教授在亞馬遜雨林中

professor in the Amazon rainforest. What sets this  fungus apart is its ability to subsist solely on  

首次發現了 這種蘑菇的塑料吞噬 特性。 這種真菌的與眾不同之處在於它能夠僅靠

polyurethane and, notably, its capability to  do so even without oxygen. This trait makes it  

聚氨酯生存，而且值得注意的是，它甚至可以在沒有氧氣的情況下生存。這種特性使其

potentially useful for degradation of plastic  waste in landfills. While more research is  

有可能用於垃圾填埋場塑料垃圾的降解。雖然

required to fully understand the potential  of these mushrooms, the discovery offers  

需要更多的研究來充分了解這些蘑菇的潛力，但這一發現

a potential biological method for addressing  the escalating global issue of plastic waste.

為解決日益嚴重的全球塑料廢物問題提供了一種潛在的生物學方法。