“Dungies”, edible mushrooms growing on elephant dung
Sri Lanka and all Southeast Asia is known by its elephants, an endangered species. Many initiatives looking for their conservation have been developed, but those policies kept failing as the […]
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Mycelium Adventures 2014-2015
On March 2014, while living in Münich, I started to write a little manual on DIY mushroom cultivation, this asset brought me to visit many farms and laboratories around Europe. […]
Workshop in Germany: Biofabrication with fungi and bacteria
During the 17, 18 and 19th of September I’m giving a biofabrication workshop in Dortmund (Germany) together with my colleague Julia Krayer, a biodesigner grounded in Duisburg who is working with […]
Ecovative Design: Manufactured Wood Made Without Trees
Ecovative Design has made a mission of replacing synthetic plastic polymers with natural mushroom based polymers. After disrupting the packaging industry with a line of fully biodegradable mushroom packaging, they […]
IMMC8 – 8th International Medicinal Mushroom Conference
The 8th International Medicinal Mushroom Conference will be held from 24-27 August 2015 in Manizales, Colombia with the purpose of broadening the understanding, sharing, exchange of experiences, and exploring better […]
Teaching Advanced Mushroom Cultivation Techniques in Dortmund (Germany)
Again on the road! After stop by Gent and visit the city of Köln I dropped myself and my lab equipment in the city of Duisburg, just 30 minutes away […]
3 days spreading spores and mycelium in Halle (Germany)
On February 15th me and my friend Lukas Pressler drove to Germany with a car full of laboratory equipment, including an old military-class autoclave from the Deutsches Bundeswehr that we […]
