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  • Mycelium binding shredded cotton muslin

    May 7, 2025

    The Weave of Mycelium: Exploring Sustainable Materials Through Upcycled Fabric

    Soaking and inoculating shredded cotton muslin with Pearl Oyster, Turkey Tail, and Reishi to make sustainable mycelium-bound materials — and what one batch of green mold taught me.

    • #mycology
    • #materials
    • #r&d
    • #mpolo
  • Forest Fabrication: mycelium composite objects

    May 16, 2024

    Forest Fabrication: Harnessing the strength of mushrooms for crafting

    An invitation into the messy, exploratory work of mycelium composites — solid, mouldable, compostable objects bound together by mushroom mycelium — and what's coming next.

    • #mycology
    • #materials
    • #r&d
  • Mycelium-based plant pot prototype

    May 14, 2024

    Fungi in the Garden: Reinventing Plant Pots (pt1)

    A first attempt at making plant pots out of spent mushroom substrate bound by mycelium — the three-stage incubation, what the prototype actually looked like, and what's next.

    • #mycology
    • #materials
    • #r&d
    • #gardening
  • Hydraulic-oil-soaked cardboard with Blue Oyster mycelium colonization

    Nov 24, 2022

    Decomposing Hydraulic Oil with Oyster Mushrooms — Part 1

    A bench test feeding hydraulic-oil-soaked rags and cardboard to Blue Oyster mycelium, what showed up after 10 days, and how I plan to test whether the contamination is actually being broken down.

    • #mycology
    • #mycoremediation
    • #r&d

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