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    Pleurotus eryngii

    Mycelium growing on coffee grounds

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  • Mushrooms DIY

    Free mushroom cultivation manuals

    A compendium of manuals, articles and printed material regarding the cultivation of mushrooms

  • Psilocybe cubensis

    The magic mushroom

    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...

  • Mycelium insulation panels

    First experiments

    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.

  • open videotheque Antoni Gandia (AD)

    Mushroom cultivation videos

    Collection of interesting videos about mushroom cultivation all around the world

    Mushroom cultivation in a little farm of the USA Shiitake cultivation in Germany Mushroom factory in the Netherlands Straw inoculation in the USA Champignon growing facilities in the...

  • Mushrooms as superfood

    Nutritional and medicinal value

    Mushrooms have been described in recent years as a superfood due to the discovery that they are packed with powerful and rare antioxidants and a wide variety of essential and beneficial nutrients.

  • Mushroom Madness

    The powerful presence of mushrooms has spread to the corners of the earth. These are a selection of some of the stranger things mushrooms have influenced.

  • The mushroom of immortality!

    super healthy mushroom

  • conservation protocol Antoni Gandia (AD)

    Conservation of germplasm

    by Philip G. Miles (2004)

    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...

  • Mycelium Videos

    Lectures and fiction

    1. TED talk by Paul Stamets on 6 ways that mushrooms can save the world. This is already on the Mediamatic site here . 2. What's Mycelium? Mycelium (plural mycelia) is the vegetative part of a...

  • Mycelium Theorists/Scientists

    Scientists, theorists and university work groups that are doing research into mushrooms and mycelium and anything related. No lonely links please - add a little blurb about the research when you add...

  • Mycoinsulation project

    Development of mycelium-based panels for the insulation of a protected wooden barn of Amsterdam.

    •The mycelium has to be grown on agricultural waste or forestry by-products. •The new material should be cost-efficient and not petrochemical dependent. •It should meet the thermal and noise...

  • Mycelium and Mushroom Manufacturers

    Information and websites about mushroom companies and growers that can supply us with products.

  • Project in mind Antoni Gandia (AD), Daniel Parnitzke, lukas pressler

    Beers, mushrooms, algae and more

    Hey! ho! Let's grow!

    Designing sustainable agronomic systems

  • Mycelium Spawn

    Artificial Mushroom Seeds

    A short guide to making and using spawn at Mediamatic

  • Growing the first panels

    The success and strife of convincing mushrooms to grow on waste.

  • Report: a visit to CNC

    One of the largest mushroom substrate producers in the world

    What brings horse manure, an R&D director, a designer and a construction graduate together? That’s right, mushroom growing! A tour of the facilities of CNC, the largest (indoor) mushroom...

  • From our Faraway Friend Wendy Monroe

    Those Oesterzwam bags

    Unknown here in the States

    At a presentation given by Jim Wheeler, founder of the Sonoma County Mycological Association ( of Northern California )

  • Fungi & Fermentation Knowledge

    Everything you want to know about species, substrates, applications and more.

    Discover more about the building blocks of bio-design, fermented foods and the wonders of the micro-cosmos! You can find all the information here.

  • Fresh improvements to panel growing

    After reviewing our previous panel experiments' highs and lows, we've started 4 new panels with some (hopefully) positive changes to our procedure.

  • Agar Petri Dish Preparation for Growing Mushrooms

    Agar medium recipes

    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...

  • Mycelium products

    Mycelium, mushrooms, and more...

    Mycelium based materials can someday replace plastic. Artists, designers, mycologists, and organizations are working with mycelium based materials, growing their own mushrooms, and exploring this new...

  • Project: 5 Dec 2011

    Mycological Material Research

    Artists and designers experiment and play with a new form of myco-material

    We were the first in the Netherlands to get our hands on this new batch of myco-material from Ecovative . Together with some local artists and designers we are conducting material research of our own.

  • Artworks in the Paddestoelen Paradijs exhibition

    September 2011 - July 2012

  • Screening: 1 Jan 2011

    Fungal Videos

    A collection of found footage and own material

    Besides books and artworks, numerous films and other recordings have been made concerning fungi. We made a nice selection of videos, shot some material ourselves, and are showing them in the...

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