book recommendation >> radical mycology

 https://www.radicalmycology.com/

SAMPLE SECTIONS
Table of Contents
Introduction: Toward A Radical Mycology
Reishi Ginger Turmeric Beer
Grain Spawn Production
The Varieties of Psychoactive Fungi
Four Species Profiles

RELATED VIDEOS
Radical Mycology Trailer
Seeing Fungi
Working With Fungi

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Peter McCoy is a world renowned applied mycology researcher and educator who has endeavored to understand and share the world of fungi with others for over 20 years. He is the author of Radical Mycology: A Treatise on Seeing and Working with Fungi, the founder of the mycology advocacy organization Radical Mycology, a co-founder of the Fungi Film Festival, and the founder and lead instructor at MYCOLOGOS, an applied mycology school and experimental fungi farm based in Portland, Oregon. Alongside his work with fungi, Peter can be often found making art or music, pondering mysteries, or wandering the great forests of the Pacific Northwest.

book recommendation >> Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

 https://www.merlinsheldrake.com/entangled-life

Thinking about fungi makes the world look different

When we think of fungi, we probably think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies, analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of sight, yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that support and sustain nearly all living systems. The more we learn about fungi, the less makes sense without them. 

Sheldrake’s mind-bending journey into this hidden world ranges from yeast to psychedelics, to the fungi that sprawl for miles underground and are the largest organisms on the planet, to those that link plants together in complex networks known as the ‘Wood Wide Web’, to those that infiltrate and manipulate insect bodies with devastating precision.

Fungi throw our concepts of individuality and even intelligence into question. They can change our minds, heal our bodies, and even help us remediate environmental disaster. By examining fungi on their own terms, Sheldrake reveals how these extraordinary organisms – and our relationships with them – are changing our understanding of how life works.

more on biohacking >> fashion

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biofabrication

What if we could "grow" clothes from microbes, furniture from living organisms and buildings with exteriors like tree bark? Suzanne Lee shares exciting developments from the field of biofabrication and shows how it could help us replace major sources of waste, like plastic and cement, with sustainable and eco-friendly alternatives.

***TED talk

 

the growing pavilion: bio-materials

www./thegrowingpavilion.com/

The pavilion is unique in the way in which a large number of biobased materials, such as wood, hemp, mycelium, cattail and cotton, come together to form an extraordinary creation

The Growing Pavilion is a Biobased Creation of Company New Heroes and Dutch Design Foundation.
Design: Pascal Leboucq in collaboration with Krown.bio 
Concept : Pascal Leboucq – Lucas De Man – Biobased Creations | Company New Heroes

Bio-tech: Mycelium

by https://www.mycoworks.com/

mushrooms, future & vegan leather

#Closed-loop process uses abundant, natural fibers to create 100‰ biodegradable materials, making this an infinitely renewable technology.

#A new kind of leather grown rapidly from mycelium and agricultural byproducts in a carbon-negative process. 

#Custom-engineered material is sustainable, versatile, and animal–free. Best of all, it feels and performs like leather.

#Mycelium can be grown in almost any kind of agriculture waste, including sawdust and pistachio shells. 

#MycoWorks inoculates it with the live culture of the reishi mushroom, which will feed off of anything, unlike other pickier mushrooms. 

#The mushrooms grow together within the material, which can be configured into any shape, forming natural polymers that adhere like glue.

# The material is then baked to kill the organisms, so that if it ever got wet, mushrooms wouldn’t start sprouting again.

Engineered to Perform
Versatile
Sustainable
Cost Competitive

This material is strong, flexible, and durable, just like conventional leathers. 

It is also water-resistant.

 And since it's made from natural fibers, it breathes and feels like leather.

This leather is uniquely customizable. 

Any textures and other features can be grown right into the material.

 And unlike animal hides, these materials can be grown to nearly any size and shape.

More info @ mycoworks