To hell with AI, more innovation like this please.#solarpunk

[rpin42@mastodon.social]

@NatureMC @markmetz thanks, I’ll tell him. All I know is that he swells up and he has to take antihistamines in the autumn to counteract the spores… perhaps his fears are unfounded and he’ll be fine #hopeSo

[twisted666@dobbs.town]

@markmetz Can't help to think... They didn't invent this LIKE LONG AGO, ALREADY??

[outer@mas.to]

@markmetz Here's a few links I found with the search engine KAGI.
This dates research back to the 1990s:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycelium-based_materials

New news, Feb 20, 2026:
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1117254

Food grade (edible) food packaging that is NOT petroleum based, biodegrades quickly, May 6, 2025:

#Pollution #Environment #Science #EnvironmentalScience

[the5thcolumnist@mstdn.ca]

@markmetz

What if we could grow packaging ?

You mean like cardboard, wooden crates, paper envelopes ?

[thenovemberman@bookstodon.com]

@markmetz Oh fuck, this is

[markmetz@sfba.social]

@chrisp
Absolutely! I hope that it’s not a proprietary process and that it’s open source.

[disorderlyf@todon.eu]

@markmetz Assuming the murshrooms won't potentially grow onto anything they might flake off onto, this is already very promising

[markmetz@sfba.social]

@thibaultmol @Morpurgo
I would hope that this is Open source and not proprietary, or that it could be engineered in a way that it could be open source.

[markmetz@sfba.social]

@Helenisenough
Thanks! I hope this is replicated in open source around the world

[markmetz@sfba.social]

@NatureMC @c_salem@mastodon.social
Good to know! It would be great to see some regulations mandating this.

[nilix@cafe.nilfm.cc]

@desea @markmetz this is freakin tiiiight

[hansbot@mastodon.green]

@markmetz @sjar Check this https://loop-biotech.com/

[alyn@wandering.shop]

@markmetz I don't know if it was made by these guys, but I received a gift of a bottle of hot sauce made by the brothers Sheldrake which was packaged in this type of material. It really does work very well.

[stefan@akko.lightnovel-dungeon.de]

@markmetz dunno though if the name magical mushroom is the best though

Still cool innovation

[bob@beamship.mpaq.org]

@markmetz

To simple and corporations wont make enough money

[bridgeenjoyer@gamepad.club]

@markmetz yes!! I love stuff like this. I try to cut down on my waste but ya know I like to buy things and I hate when they use excess plastic!! An SD card can ship to me loose in an envelope I do not care. I try buying used but that's not always possible.

[thefathippy@mastodon.world]

@markmetz

Ooh. Cool!

Mushroom based polystyrene packaging replacement? Bring it on!

[endicottauthor@mastodon.social]

@markmetz Excellent idea.

[iwein@mas.to]

@markmetz I want to insulate my house with this. Maybe in a few years, we can just inoculate walls and feed the insulation.

A friend told me there's already a paint based on this principle that just grows back when damaged 🤩

[eliasp@mastodon.social]

@disorderlyf the production process involves heating up the material at the end to denature it.

@markmetz