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Some material experiments with mycelium substrate growing in sawdust and flour, to make fungi sculptures from moulds.

I am using a proprietary mix from the Dutch company Kineco https://kineco.bio/, although I know I can potentially make this myself with some spores and sawdust.

Will report back in about 7 days with whatever comes of these.

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A hand in a black rubber glove holding some brown sawdust with fungi, which looks a bit like wet sand
Five eggs filled with the mycelial substrate, in a container
A radio, also filled with the substrate, with the speakers still wired in
The front of the radio, red and black, with pockets of mycelium squeezing through where the buttons used to be

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Fionnáin
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Reporting back with some weird things made from mycelial material.

At the minute, the texture is a little like puffballs, but firmer. I need to now let them do a little extra growth and then dry them out completely.

An old computer mouse in a hand, stuffed with a white fungus
Wires threaded through a ball of white fungus.
A speaker embedded in a white fungus mould.
The computer mouse with the casing removed, showing clear lines where the plastic dividers were inside the mouse.
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Fionnáin
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Ooh, these fungi smell pretty gag-reflex-inducing musty when drying, especially in the oven.
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_jayrope
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@Fionnáin This looks like very interesting work. Are the human made elements still going to be functional sometimes, like mycelial music and sounds on that speaker?
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Fionnáin
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@jrp that's the plan. I haven't tested the speaker yet. I have some insulated wire running through others that should hopefully be fine, like the one pictured.

Will keep updating this thread with the results!

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