I thought boingboing reader's might be interested in learning about how Stamets's mycoremediation techniques are being applied in the Ecuadorian Amazon to begin the clean up of 18.5 billion gallons of petroleum waste dumped by Texaco over the last several decades. The (interim) website of the Amazon Mycorenewal Project is here:

http://www.cloudforest.org/Solution_to_the_Pollution

This week I will be in Lago Agrio, the site of much of the oil contamination, to set up the next phase of our project. To check in with us and view bimonthly updates and pictures, check out my blog here:

http://fungal-jungle.blogspot.com/