Working hard these days with @ollyneedham and @joaku_sotavento on the “Ritual device for fungal humus cultivation / Everyone should be a musician, a dancer and a fungus farmer (at the same time)”, a device for cultivating and biosonifying saprophytic fungi. It functions as an interactive installation, where a soundscape interprets the blooming of the fungi […]
Chaga: The Black Diamond of the Forest
In the coldest corners of the planet, where birch trees withstand the harshest winters, a fungus that looks like charcoal hides one of the best-kept secrets of traditional medicine: chaga (Inonotus obliquus). Known as the “mushroom of immortality” for its extraordinary properties, at Fungi natur we invite you to discover this gem of the fungal world. A […]
Differences between mushrooms grown naturally and mushrooms from industrial cultivation
The study that changes everything: Nitschke et al. (2011) The study published by Nitschke and collaborators in 2011 analyzed in depth the difference between mushrooms grown in natural environments (such as hardwood logs) and those produced through industrial methods using artificial substrates. Their conclusion was clear:mushrooms grown on logs show a higher quantity and diversity […]
A morning of work in the forest
A few days ago we were thinning and pruning young trees in a neighbor’s forest, today we have to collect all those trunks. In a few days we will introduce the “mycelium” of the shiitake mushroom into them.