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Why the future of fashion might involve wearing live fungi
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I was an anxious mum until I started using psychedelics, now I take mushrooms as self-care & no I don’t microdose
Mushroom farmers concerned about U.S. tariffs, market shares
Fungus-made fashion—researchers turn living organisms into textiles
Can magic mushrooms help ease parenting stress?
Clothes made from living fungi can clean and repair themselves | New Scientist
This Tiny European Nation Has Turned Mushroom Foraging Into a National Sport
— In Estonia, mushroom foraging has become a deeply embedded cultural practice, with residents learning to identify wild fungi from childhood and the a…
Field-to-forest fungal spillover is a biotic edge effect of coffee in Costa Rica
Destructive crop caterpillar harbors fungi that can degrade Styrofoam
— A caterpillar considered a major agricultural pest in soybean, cotton, and corn crops carries fungi capable of degrading Styrofoam.
What does a dose of magic mushrooms actually do to your brain?
JoF, Vol. 12, Pages 544: Culturable Fungi Recovered from Deep-Sea Sediments: Diversity, Phylogenetic Placement, and In Vitro Antagonistic Activity Against Phytopathogenic Fungi
JoF, Vol. 12, Pages 550: Multifunctional Bacillus Strains for Integrated Fruit Rot Management and Improved Soil Phosphorus Availability in Longan Orchards
JoF, Vol. 12, Pages 551: Biological Characterization, Domestication, and the Molecular Basis of Iron Enrichment in a Wild Flammulina yunnanensis Strain
— Researchers characterized a wild Flammulina yunnanensis fungal strain from Tibet and identified genetic mechanisms underlying its elevated iron content,…