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Mushrooms are cleaning England's rivers — and just won £1.5 million to do more

Turkey tail mushroom mycelium, packed into filters at storm overflows, stripped 80% of E. coli from sewage in Devon trials and cut phosphorus 83% in Lincolnshire. The nature-based system won funding in the £58 million Water Breakthrough Challenge. Fungi, quietly doing what treatment plants struggle to.

The upbeat factorThe forest floor's cleanup crew, hired by the water industry.
✓ Verified · Envirotec Magazine · 2026-05-20 · UK
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