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Can we create ‘living buildings’ from fungi? So can they help us adapt to climate change?

Oyster mushrooms are widely used in research on fungal-based, living building materials. (Presented by UBC Biogenic Architecture Laboratory – image source) A team of Vancouver academics is combining the fields of microbiology and architecture to create living building materials made from oyster mushrooms and other edible fungi. They say their research into “engineered living materials”… Read More »