Plasticization

New forms of interaction between the human habitat and the natural environment have been discovered due to the accumulation of plastic in the Earth's biosphere.

Plastic bags, widely used in everyday life, acquire beneficial properties when released into the natural environment due to the behavior of organisms—parasitic organisms such as the chaga fungus.

The most pronounced effect was observed in bags symbiotic with ornamental plants and flowers. A gradual degradation of the foliage of the donor plant is observed.

A special ecological phenomenon has been identified, characterized by the deep penetration of plastic waste into the structure of living matter...

The plastic parasite disguises itself as an inflorescence.