Mycelium Design & Construction
For students in Professor CoCo Ree Lemery’s advanced design courses
Mycelium are the vegetative structures of fungi, made up of white or cream-colored long fibers called hyphae. Mycelium grows on organic matter and is asexual until joining with another mycelium. After joining, the two mycelia are capable of creating a fruiting body that produces a mushroom. Then, mycelium can continue to forage for nutrients and water to create biomass and grow. Mycelium extends the area in which a mushroom or fruiting body can acquire nutrients.
What is mycelium?
I’m partnering with GrowBio as a great place to start with your first mycelium experiments! I recommend using the GIY bags, but by using code COCOREELEMERY at checkout you can get 15% off your entire order.
From here, you can experiment with other decontaminated additives such as coffee, tea, sawdust, and more!
Base Material
Starter Materials
Micropore Tape for taping with filtered airflow
Disposable Gloves that don’t dry out your skin
Affordable Food Grade Plastic Wrap
Additive Materials
Designing your grow mold
Design limitations
Download the PDF for design constraints. GrowBio has many great resources and is a great place to start.
Mold Making Materials
Affordable Mold Release
Most affordable peroxide curing Flexible Silicone
Most affordable platinum curing Silicone
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
Osmose Studio offers workshops
BioDesign Magazine
Step-by-step guide to creating your own mold in Fusion 360