You’ve heard of composting. Maybe even of mycoremediation. But did you know some mushrooms eat plastic? That’s not a sci-fi concept—it’s real, and it’s happening right now. From Pestalotiopsis microspora digesting polyurethane to oyster mushrooms cleaning oil spills, the fungal frontier is rewriting biotech. Dive into the weird, wonderful world of pollution-eating fungi, and meet the myco-heroes reshaping our toxic world, one spore-chomp at a time.