Mycologist promotes agarikon as a possibility to counter growing antibiotic resistance
Friday, October 24, 2014 - 08:30
in Biology & Nature
(Phys.org) —Mycologist Paul Stamets is espousing the health benefits of agarikon, a fungus that grows on trees in old growth forests in North America and Europe. He's written and published a blog piece in the Huffington Post, describing the known antibacterial and antiviral abilities of the fungus and suggesting we take better care of our old growth forests as a means of survival in an uncertain future.