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Mushroom Houses?
Will we one day be living in houses made of mushrooms? Techcrunch profiled a company that thinks we might:
Construction material manufacturing often produces hazardous byproducts that are either toxic or difficult to recycle, as are many of the materials themselves. Brooklyn based Planetary ONE is experimenting with the idea of grow-your-own construction materials by making bricks from mushrooms.
Their latest project, Mycoform, places mushroom roots known as mycelium spores into a mold and feeds them with agricultural byproducts like buckwheat husks. In just over a week at 80 degrees, the spores grow to fill the form, resulting in a light yet solid structure. The brick is heated to 100 degrees when complete to kill the spores, preventing further growth.
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Angela Shupe on May 16th, 2011 8:55 am
Some more green trends to help replace the less eco-friendly versions. I had to share this article with my mom. I joked that she would eat her own house down. It is an interesting approach, I wonder just how well these bricks would work as a house.
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