Talk:Hyperaccumulator

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This article was the subject of a Wiki Education Foundation-supported course assignment, between 22 February 2021 and 21 May 2021. Further details are available on the course page. Student editor(s): Mahamwiki, M24bout.

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Question

Do hyperaccumulators use the metals that they accumulate? Kortoso (talk) 17:00, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

Mushrooms

Shouldn't we include mushrooms in the page, as they are often hyperaccumulators and often used in remediation for their capacity of absorbing a lot of heavy metals? What about mushrooms absorbing radiations? They should fit the definition too

Beleriandcrises (talk) 21:21, 7 September 2017 (UTC)

Merge proposal

• Phytoextraction process is closely related to hyperaccumulator, it's how they work (supposedly).
• Phytoextraction process and hyperaccumulators are homework projects written by and imposed upon undergraduates.
• The articles are thin and have weak referencing. There is no technology and little serious scientific interest in these themes.
• It is probably better for readers and definitely better for editors if we maintain one article vs two weak ones.
• Phytomining could also be merged into this article since phytomining, another aspirational but uneconomic concept, relies on hyperaccumulators.
• Metallophyte, yet another topic of homework, assignment, describes plant "that can tolerate high levels of heavy metals such as lead." Some definitional hair-splitting going on.

--Smokefoot (talk) 11:51, 13 March 2026 (UTC)