Antoni Gandia - With some Shiitakes ;) (Lentinula edodes)
A Catalan biotechnician interested in mushroom cultivation and mycological research, specially on mechanisms regarding symbiotical relationships between fungi, animals and plants
I don't work at Mediamatic anymore, so my @mediamatic.net email is expired or redirected to another person. Please, contact me at tiobolet {@} gmail.com. I'm also available on Facebook, Twitter (@mind2merkabah) and other platforms. Thanks!
Tòfona de Vistabella - Tuber melanosporum from cultivated fields in Vistabella del Maestrat, Spain.
Champignons in my kitchen :) - Indoor cultivated Agaricus bisporus
Agar plate - Shiitake mycelium growing on agar
Baby reishi mushroom - A little reishi pinhead popping out from a coffee jar.
The first phase of mushroom cultivation is the isolation of a pure culture of mycelium. These cultures are grown in petri dishes, with a medium (food) for the mycelium to digest. Here are some...
An essential characteristic for a insulating panel should be fire resistance, so we tested our samples to check how good they are against fire.
This mycelium panel was made out of wheat husks and Reishi (Ganoderma lucidum) as biological binding agent, grown for three weeks at 25ºC and 85% of relative humidity.
Mycelium, the vegetative part of a fungus, is one of those pretty invisible organism which, if put in the right condtions, reproduces itself like crazy! That's why in the last years it became one...
Psilocybe cubensis is a species of psychedelic mushroom whose principal active compounds are psilocybin and psilocin . Commonly called shrooms, magic mushrooms, golden tops, cubes, or gold caps, it...
There has been much concern in recent years about decreases in natural resources and the steady diminishment of untouched natural land. With the encroachment on this ever-decreasing amount of...
Future space for the Medimatic's Biolab
Some early design proposals for the Mediamatic's Biolab
Taking a photo of a recent petri dish by Antoni
Kasia Lukasievicz shows a sample of Schizophyllum sp. fructifying on a Petri dish
