Mushrooms
Have you read ‘Entangled Life’ by Merlin Sheldrake, about ‘how fungi make our worlds, change our minds, and shape our futures’? It is above all else a scientific treatise, but I especially liked the chapter on ‘Radical Mycology’, which talks about mycoremediation – how mushrooms can digest everything from chemical pesticides and plastic to oil spills and even cigarette butts. More positively, mycofabrication uses mycelium to grow alternatives to leather, packaging, skin, bricks, furniture and graphite, to mention but a few innovative applications. Ecovative is a pioneer in this space, working with the likes of Stella McCartney and IKEA.
— Wayne Visser
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