Oxalates
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So, fungi and mycelium sequester carbon dioxide in the form of calcium
oxalates
.
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It's possible because the mycelium produces oxalic acids, and many other acids and enzymes, pockmarking rock and grabbing calcium and other minerals and forming calcium
oxalates.
And all sorts of other
oxalates
are also sequestering carbon dioxide through the minerals that are being formed and taken out of the rock matrix.
Examples include the tomato, its relative the potato, and many other root crops, such as cassava, which contains cyanide; taro, which is full of oxalates; and yams, which produce defense chemicals that mimic female hormones.
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