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The "myco space" for want of a better term is very interesting and food is only a small part of that area of operations. packaging - https://www.mycopack.co.uk
by jamiecurle 4y ago
The "myco space" for want of a better term is very interesting and food is only a small part of that area of operations.
packaging - https://www.mycopack.co.uk/ https://www.mycopack.co.uk/
furniture - https://plainmagazine.com/designer-researcher-come-sustainable-furniture-made-fungus-wood/ https://plainmagazine.com/designer-researcher-come-sustainab...
If I had a few more days per week and few spare hundred K kicking around I'd be having a poke at some of this stuff as a small scale business.
I totally agree, it is surprising that fungi and mushrooms (the fruiting bodies of fungi) are not more widely cultivated - especially as use goes beyond food.
I'mn currently experimenting with hollowing out Fomes fomentarius [1] brackets(hoof fungus), polishing them up, flattening the backs and finishing them with hardwax. Not quite sure where this will go but I'd like to see if I could fit battery powered lights in them and use them as odd but quirky reading lights.
[1]: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fomes_fomentarius_BW43.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fomes_fomentarius_BW...
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