
Japanese Researchers 'Tap' Mushrooms for Rubber
TOKYO (Reuters Thu 2 December, 2004 05:47)- Japanese researchers say they have produced rubber from a natural substance extracted from an edible, wild mushroom commonly found in the country.
Researchers at Gunma University, west of Tokyo, have not only produced rubber from the chichitake mushroom but the end-product has the advantage of not containing a protein that can cause allergies...more...