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Now this is way cool. A recent comparison of the sound of a Stradivarius violin, and a violin made with “fungus treated” wood, resulted in a clear victory for the fungus! According to Mold-treated violin beats Strad in blind test: Sci­ent­ist Fran­cis Schwar­ze of EMPA, the Swiss Fed­er­al Lab­o­r­a­to­ries for Ma­te­ri­als Test­ing and Re­search, de­vel­oped [...]

Tags: Physiporinus, Stradivarius, violins, Xylaria