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Fungi8
  • In Mycelium Running (Ten Speed Press 2005), Stamets explores the use and applications of fungi in bioremediation-a practice called mycoremediation. (wikipedia.org)
  • Stamets details methods of termite and ant control using nontoxic mycelia, and describes how certain fungi may be able to neutralize anthrax, nerve gas, and smallpox. (wikipedia.org)
  • Mycelium is a common fungi characteristic and its function is the same. (earth.com)
  • Unlike plants, fungi can't produce their own energy through photosynthesis, so they need to get 100% of their nutrients and energy through their mycelium. (earth.com)
  • 90% of plants have a mutually beneficial relationship with fungi/mycelium. (tasteforlife.com)
  • Ren Sen Zeng of South China Agricultural University in Guangzhou conducted a study that found that when plants are attached to harmful fungi, they release a chemical signal into the mycelia that warn their neighbors. (tasteforlife.com)
  • Mushrooms are only the fruiting bodies of fungi: for the most part, they live their lives as branching, fusing networks of tubular cells known as mycelium. (scienceandnonduality.com)
  • Symbiotic fungi can link plants in shared networks sometimes known as the "wood-wide web", through which water, nutrients and chemical signals can pass. (scienceandnonduality.com)
Mushroom mycelium8
Fungus17
  • In 1998, scientists determined that the largest organism on Earth , at least by area covered, was a fungus in Oregon's Blue Mountains whose mycelium spanned over 2,000 acres underground. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • These root networks help plants take in additional water, minerals, and nutrients, and in return the fungus gets a portion of the sugars plants generate from photosynthesis. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • The Mycelium is the most important and permanent part of a fungus. (organogold.com)
  • The living body of the fungus is a mycelium made out of a web of tiny filaments called hyphae. (organogold.com)
  • As we use our Internet communication system, the World Wide Web, the trees use a network of fungus strands to talk to send messages to one another. (lynnhavenrivernow.org)
  • The strands are called mycelium and they are like the "roots" of the mushrooms and fungus you see growing above ground. (lynnhavenrivernow.org)
  • This is the major part of the fungus, a network of thin connectors spread throughout the soil. (blogspot.com)
  • Indeed, the mushroom that we see is the fruit of the mycelium, which erupts with the sole purpose of spreading spores into the environment to spread the fungus. (blogspot.com)
  • The spore begins to grow underground and develop into mycelium, which is the non-reproductive vegetative part of a fungus. (earth.com)
  • What you're seeing is the mycelium of a fungus! (earth.com)
  • Mycelium can spread for literal miles underground, like this honey fungus in Oregon which is thought to be the largest organism in the world! (earth.com)
  • Tiny hair-like structures called hyphae make up the mycelium, and these thin strands of cells are responsible for digesting organic compounds into energy for the fungus. (earth.com)
  • Mycelium is a white, spiderweb-like structure, a network of cells that is the vegetative part of the fungus that lives within and throughout almost all landmasses on earth. (tasteforlife.com)
  • The fungus attaches to the root of the plant, which photosynthesize the sun's energy, turns it into sugar, and provides carbohydrates for the mycelium. (tasteforlife.com)
  • The researchers have developed what they're calling mycocrete, which is described as a paste that is made with the root network of fungus. (ktvq.com)
  • The fungus in question is mycelium, a thread-like network of fungal components that is, essentially, a naturally occurring adhesive. (hydrogenfuelnews.com)
  • The fungus grows saprophytically and develops mycelia with macroconidia and microconidia. (medscape.com)
Mushrooms10
  • Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World is the sixth book written by American mycologist Paul Stamets. (wikipedia.org)
  • From the freaky weird, seemingly-overnight growth of the fruit, to the massive underground network of miles of mycelia, mushrooms are sure to intrigue. (magicmoonmushrooms.com)
  • These networks act as a communication highway for mushrooms and symbiotic organisms in their environment, allowing them to exchange information and resources. (magicmoonmushrooms.com)
  • Mycelium (the roots of mushrooms) may very well be one of the most intelligent, adaptable, and resilient organisms on the planet! (cooperhewitt.org)
  • The mushrooms we pluck from the ground are just the tips of large fungal networks that live underground and in trees. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • Mycelium threads are the root-like body that produces mushrooms, resembling a network or web of activity. (organogold.com)
  • Materials made with mycelium, the fungal network from which mushrooms grow, might be able to help turn that around. (theverge.com)
  • According to the book Mycelium Running: How Mushrooms Can Help Save The World , by mushroom expert Paul Stamets , "More than 8 miles of cells can be found in one cubic inch of soil. (tasteforlife.com)
  • These vegetative fibers are sanitised and inoculated with mycelium, the root structures of mushrooms. (ericklarenbeek.com)
  • During this period, the mycelium will begin to develop mushrooms. (scatty.com)
Nutrients10
  • The mycelium network's ability to transfer nutrients and resources is a testament to the power of connection and cooperation. (magicmoonmushrooms.com)
  • The mycelia network that emanates from a fungal spore can extend over and into the soil in search of nutrients. (organogold.com)
  • A mycelium can be tiny, or cover large spaces of land in search of nutrients to feed the flowering of the mushroom. (organogold.com)
  • The mycelium is often found as a mycorrhizal, a symbiotic relationship with tree roots and other roots under ground, intertwined and helping the plant get moisture and nutrients form the soil. (blogspot.com)
  • The function of mycelium is essentially the same function of plant roots: to absorb nutrients. (earth.com)
  • In the garden, mycelium helps to increase nutrients available to plants, improve water efficiency, reduce erosion by acting as a cellular net, and promote root growth by adding oxygen to the soil and releasing nitrogen, phosphate, and other micronutrients. (tasteforlife.com)
  • Mycelium is like an underground communication system linking roots of plants to share nutrients, water information, boosting immune function, and even sabotaging unwelcome plants by spreading toxic chemicals. (tasteforlife.com)
  • Most cultivated plants grow best with this as mycelium receives nutrients from living plants in a mutually beneficial relationship. (tasteforlife.com)
  • Healthy soil is full of mycelium, busily decomposing organic matter and adding nutrients back into the ground. (maanz.org)
  • When a body is buried in a mycelium coffin, the mycelium quickly gets to work, decomposing the body and recycling it into the soil as nutrients. (incrediblemushrooms.com)
Hyphae1
  • Flip a log or dig into the ground and you may find the white, spindly, fuzzy collections of mycelium and hyphae that make up something akin to roots. (timesobserver.com)
Mycelial network2
  • An accident with her dog who fell into their forest outhouse and had to be dug out, led her to discover the incredible underground root and mycelial network she would later research. (sott.net)
  • Mycelial networks wind through plant roots and shoots, animal bodies, sediments on the ocean floor, grasslands and forests - one of the largest known organisms is a mycelial network in Michigan that sprawls over 75 hectares . (scienceandnonduality.com)
Contiguous growth1
  • This 2,400-acre (9.7 km2) site in eastern Oregon had a contiguous growth of mycelium before logging roads cut through it. (wikipedia.org)
Soil6
  • Scoop a chunk of dirt out of soil, and you're holding unseen mycelium, says Pringle. (nationalgeographic.com)
  • The mycelium is usually hidden in the soil, in wood, or another food source. (organogold.com)
  • Just dig up a layer of soil in the woods and you will see a network of little white threads going everywhere. (lynnhavenrivernow.org)
  • the fungal threads within soil that connect plant life through a complex underground network. (maanz.org)
  • If you teased apart the mycelium found in a teaspoon of healthy soil and laid it end to end, it could stretch anywhere from 100 metres to 10km . (scienceandnonduality.com)
  • Bacteria use fungal networks as highways to navigate the crowded rot-scapes of the soil. (scienceandnonduality.com)
Vegetative1
  • Mycelium needs vegetative matter to grow on, and when looked at mycelium materials, they're typically grown on hemp husks, the waste stream of hemp-fiber cultivation. (ericklarenbeek.com)
20181
  • Radio Mycelium is a modular Mycelial Radio Research Platform (MRRP) conceived for workshops and installed as part of the Mycelium Network Society installation and performance/activation within Taipeh Biennale 2018. (1010.co.uk)
Substrate5
Filaments2
  • Yeast is a single-celled organism and molds are largely just a network of fine, sometimes fuzzy, filaments. (timesobserver.com)
  • With the highly regulated movements of ions across the cell membrane and the filaments, electrical impulses are conducted and propagated across the mycelia. (oxfordstudent.com)
Spores3
  • There are different components of the Ganoderma mushroom - the spores (seeds ready to pollinate), the Mycelium (early harvest) and the Lucidum (the mature plant). (organogold.com)
  • In polypores, spores are produced in the pores on the underside and are released to begin new mycelia elsewhere. (mo.gov)
  • The scientists, in their research, mixed mycelium spores with other materials the spores could consume and be able to grow off of, like grains. (ktvq.com)
Microscopic1
  • The above-ground portion is referred to as the fruit body, but below ground, it's connected to a large network of thin, microscopic threads called mycelium. (nationalgeographic.com)
Grow1
  • This decomposition allows the fungal biomass to grow, a process that can be guided and shaped into 3D networks with varying mechanical strength. (nature.com)
Fibers1
  • The living being is a vast network of hidden fibers, called mycelium, spreading through the ground and into any other organic material it can colonize. (platoaistream.net)
Spaces3
  • Both art and mycelium spring up in unexpected spaces and deserve to be shared with all. (awesomefoundation.org)
  • Jane Scott of Newcastle University said, "Our ambition is to transform the look, feel and well-being of architectural spaces using mycelium in combination with bio-based materials such as wool, sawdust, and cellulose. (ktvq.com)
  • Within the years of running our residency programme, we've established T.R.I.B.E. - a network of residency spaces in the Balkans & Eastern Europe. (motamuseum.com)
Structures called1
  • During this period, the mushroom spawn will develop a network of root-like structures called mycelium. (scatty.com)
Organic1
  • What you see is just part of an organic mycelium tower known as "Hy-Fi", built in the courtyard of MoMA's PS1 space in midtown Manhattan. (incrediblemushrooms.com)
Cheang1
  • Artist, Shu-Lea Cheang (Taiwan born and France base now), invite BCS to join in the Mycelium Networking Society as one of the nodes. (bambooculture.com)
Biennial1
  • The 2023 Terrain Biennial theme is Mycelium Connection to honor and expand Terrain's mission to make unexpected, vital, human, and environmental connections. (awesomefoundation.org)
Fungal networks3
  • Fungal networks embody the most basic principle of ecology: that of the relationship between organisms. (scienceandnonduality.com)
  • Researchers say they have found great success in a study using fungal networks, also known as mycelia, to find ways to build structures with less negative environmental impact, and less reliance on concrete. (ktvq.com)
  • Scientists at Newcastle University in the UK say they have found a breakthrough in their work using the small connected strings that make up the fungal networks that are interwoven underground with tree roots. (ktvq.com)
Bracket1
  • When ready to reproduce, the mycelium develops the bracket that emerges from the log-this is the reproductive structure. (mo.gov)
Ecological2
Ecosystems2
  • Mycelium is a thriving underground network of fungal threads, essential for many ecosystems. (awesomefoundation.org)
  • All ecosystems and agriculture depend on mycelium to support the health and resilience of vegetation. (tasteforlife.com)
Roots of plants1
  • The mycelium wraps around the roots of plants, nourishes them, and facilitates communication among trees. (maanz.org)
Nodes2
  • The mesh network is currently in active development, and while messages can not yet be sent, the network is able to recognize nodes and maintain a keybase. (platoaistream.net)
  • Is it also similar like living nodes/modes of human society?This open call welcome proposals related to Mycelium. (bambooculture.com)
Immense2
Spawn1
Tiny1
Textile2
  • They say they have been able to use this mycelium as a building material by injecting it into a knitted textile framework to create a composite material said to be stronger and more versatile than previously used biomaterials. (ktvq.com)
  • Scott said, "The mechanical performance of the mycocrete used in combination with permanent knitted formwork is a significant result, and a step towards the use of mycelium and textile biohybrids within construction. (ktvq.com)
Neighbors1
  • Trees telegraph their needs and help their neighbors through an underground network dubbed "The Wood Wide Web. (lynnhavenrivernow.org)
Grown1
Produces1
Cellulose1
  • At first, enzymes secreted by the mycelium break down the plant cell walls - mainly cellulose, lignocellulose and pectin - into different types of sugars. (nature.com)
Materials2
  • In addition, when you replace conventional materials with mycelium, you're keeping a lot of toxic products and chemicals out of the waste stream. (incrediblemushrooms.com)
  • There are plenty of other builders and designers working with mycelium-based construction materials. (incrediblemushrooms.com)
Make3
Made2
Species4
  • Seventeen participants formed an inter-species, human-mycelial radio performance network, activating the molecular Mycelium Network Society installation and instantiating an active mycelial/mushroom audio networked circuit. (1010.co.uk)
  • The branch of Mycelium continuously connecting, growing and influence other living species. (bambooculture.com)
  • And the mycelium connects different individuals in the same forest, from the same species and other species. (sott.net)
  • This species lives within rotting logs as a whitish network of cells (mycelium) that digests and decomposes the dead wood. (mo.gov)
Project1
  • A UK university is finding success in a project using mycelium to build lighter-weight structures with less negative environmental impact. (ktvq.com)
Growth1
  • We must save old growth forests as they are the repositories of genes, mother trees and mycelium networks. (sott.net)
Human2
  • Mushroom mycelia networks are a fascinating phenomenon that can provide valuable insight into our human experience. (magicmoonmushrooms.com)
  • The mycelium is a network of cells that can be microscopically small or easily visible to the human eye. (earth.com)
Construction1
  • The result is the construction of a robust network of multi-dimensional health, collectively oriented social practices, and trust that can outlive racial capitalism as an act of resistance. (furtherfield.org)
Form1
  • Mycelia are the fine, white thread-like structures which form the underground portion of the mushroom. (magicmoonmushrooms.com)
Makes1
World2
  • He includes the following with regard to the mycelium: Is this the largest organism in the world? (wikipedia.org)
  • This network provides us with an incredible amount of knowledge and opportunity, allowing us to stay connected in an increasingly globalized world. (magicmoonmushrooms.com)
Largest1
  • Not only is it nature's recycler and communication network, but it's also the largest organism on earth! (cooperhewitt.org)
Build2
Chemical3
Earth1
  • Remember your roots, as we travel deep into this land through the mycelium networks of the earth. (thepoly.org)