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You Don’t Need Cows to Make Leather
A new source of wearable “vegan leather” is being harvested from the fungi kingdom.
The Inventor Who Designed a Sustainable, Composting Coffin
Bob Hendrikx created the Loop Living Cocoon, a biodegradable coffin made of mushroom mycelium, as part of his dream to help us live—and die—sustainably.
Future Martians May Be Living in Houses Made of Mushrooms, Bone, and Dust
This little Martian made a house out of regolith, this little Martian made a house out of biomass.
Meet the Designer Growing Lamps Out of Mushrooms
Designer Danielle Trofe’s MushLume lamps point to a brighter sustainable future.
This Mycelium Death Shroud Will Return Your Body to the Earth
Coeio, a start for eco-friendly burials, says it will be beta-testing its mushroom death suits on 15 subjects soon.
You Play a Post-Apocalyptic Fungus in 'Mushroom 11'
Just because humanity doesn’t survive the end of days doesn’t mean there’s no one to root for.
The Fungus That Could Replace Plastic
Motherboard correspondent Alejandro Tauber traveled to the Netherlands to meet some of the scientists and designers who have come up with a viable replacement for plastic: fungus.
The Fungus That Could Replace Plastic
Simple mycelium filaments can be grown to replace different types of oil-based plastics.
This Man Believes Mushrooms Can Solve Virtually All of Humanity's Problems
According to author and TED speaker Paul Stamets, mushrooms cure disease, soak up toxins, kill unwanted pests, heal our chronically suffering bodies—not to mention taste good in pasta.
A Denver Startup Is Making Gluten-Free Wheat with Mushrooms
MycoTechnology, a small startup based in Denver, Colorado, has discovered a way to use its proprietary “mushroom technology” to strip a wheat kernel of enough of its gluten to warrant an FDA-approved label.