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pilsetnieks
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Mushrooms Can Eat Plastic, Petroleum and CO2 (2018...
Rot is decomposition of organic matter; rust is a chemical reaction, oxidation, in fact.
hobofan
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That may have been a pun on rust the fungus:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rust_(fungus)
TeMPOraL
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From practical point of view, rusting is just inorganic version of rotting via oxidizing agents. Both happen naturally over time, given appropriate environment, and both result in interesting/useful stuff turning into less interesting/useful stuff.
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