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I am skeptical: this fungus cannot possibly sieve through all the contaminated soil, even on a long timespan, so plants' roots would still be able to absorb mercury. Even considering that it colonises the roots themselves, it is not a tight layer around the roots that prevents any mercury from getting in.


I suppose you could do your own study.


On a small scale, it should be doable, yes.

First I should understand what exactly is the expectation to call soil "decontaminated".


The amount of absorption by fungus versus plant is huge — that’s why they form a symbiotic relationship:

The fungus collects stuff from the dirt; the plant trades those nutrients for sugars produced with sunlight.




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