
Resources
MycoWorks’ foundations are based on a curriculum of history, culture, craft and design, and evolved from a hands-on approach to making objects and cultivating living systems.
Following are a selection of resources that inspired our genesis.
Please note the level of expertise:
* Beginner
** Intermediate
*** Advanced
CULTURE, THEORY, HISTORIES
** Biodegradable Architecture: Finite Constructions for Endless Futures | Munira Z. Karimjee
Landscape and environmental consideration of mycotechnologies.
* Blood Spore: of Murder and Mushrooms | Hamilton Morris
** The Mushroom at the End of the World | Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing
* Mycophilia: Revelations from the Weird World of Mushrooms | Eugenia Bone
* Merging Science and Art Through Fungi | Vera Meyer
MYCOLOGY
* – *** Cornell Mushroom Blog
Resources and narratives from the world of mushroom science
* – *** Enabling Community-Based Metrology For Wood-Degrading Fungi | Rolando Perez et al.
** Fungi In Their Own Right | Joseph G.H. Wessels
** Principles of Mushroom Developmental Biology | David Moore
* – *** World of Fungi | David Moore
David Moore’s mycology (fungal biology) resources for students and educators
DESIGN
* Mycelium Design | Dezeen
Clearinghouse of stories about European mycelium design
* Mycelium Knowledge | Mediamatic
Information about mushroom applications and other fermentation
* Mycotecture | MoMA
The Superflux view of future mycelium
FERMENTATION AND CULTIVATION
** Growing Ganoderma Mushrooms | Alice W. Chen
** Mushrooms Industry & Trade | U.S. International Trade Commission
** Mycelium Running | Paul Stamets
The classic guidebook to the tech and technique for growing mushrooms
** United Nations Training Manual on Mushroom Cultivation | Shu-Ting Chang
MATERIAL TESTING
** Advanced Materials From Fungal Mycelium | Nature
Testing and justification of mycelium materials for industry
** Manual de Biofabricación Con Hongos | Laboratorio de Biofabricación Fadeu
Spanish language biofabrication manual
** Mycelium Material Study | Studio Murmur
Experiments and test results for mycotecture materials
** mycoFARMX_Living Architecture | AADRL
Modeling, testing and proposal for urban scale mycotecture
OPEN LABS AND ASSOCIATIONS
* Bay Area Applied Mycology
Mushroom NGO dedicated to cultivation and ecology workshops
*** Biotech Without Borders
Non-profit dedicated to democratizing the practice of biotechnology for the benefit of humankind and the planet
*** Counter Culture Labs
A community supported microbiology maker space
*** Genspace
New York based community lab focused on biotechnology
* – *** North American Mycological Association
Clearinghouse of information about local mushroom clubs, cultivation links, science literature for educators and more