Simulating A Stradivarius With Fungus...

Sandeep Ravindran writes in Popular Science that a Swiss violin maker treated a new violin with a unique fungus. The result was that the new violin beat a Stradivarius in a listening test: A jury of experts, as well...

http://www.neatorama.com/2009/09/25/simulating-a-stradivarius-with-fungus/