We think of mushrooms as food. But mycelium-based blocks could be the future of construction

By Kumar Biswajit Debnath, Chancellor's Research Fellow, School of Architecture, University of Technology Sydney

When mushrooms make the news, it’s often for grim reasons – a mysterious poisoning, toxic species in the bush, or high-profile court cases.

But the mushroom itself is only the fruit body. Beneath every cap lies the real organism: a hidden network of white threads weaving through soil and wood.

And that underground network, called mycelium, may help solve some of our biggest climate…

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