historic, scientific, and cultural research
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
**intermediary
***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 *
Mr. Bloomfield’s Orchard: The Mysterious World of Mushrooms, Molds, and Mycologists | Nicholas P. Money *
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 *
The Beauty and the Morbid: Fungi as Source of Inspiration in Contemporary Art | Corrado Nai & 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