Mycelium Mysteries on Clubhouse

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Mushrooms can save the world


Mycelium, the root structure of mushrooms can be used to create plastic and other non-biodegradable products alternative, with so many interesting properties mycelium is as close to God particle.

Mushrooms have historically been associated with magic, partly due to many species having hallucinogenic properties, but also because mushrooms seemingly appear out of the ground from no obvious source. One day there’s nothing, the next a tiny forest of mushrooms has materialized. This has always fascinated me, and I’d like to share the reason behind it for those who don’t already know.

The part of the fungus we can see is called the “fruiting body” and it can come in all kinds of shapes and sizes. However, the visible part of the mushroom is just the tip of the iceberg. Like plants, mushrooms have a root system (called mycelium) which spreads through the soil. But mushrooms don’t play by the same rules as plants. Imagine an apple tree that is upside-down underground, and the only parts that pop up above ground, are the apples. Now imagine that this tree can grow up to four square miles in size and you have an idea of the size of the mycelium network. It’s thought that some of the largest and oldest organisms on earth, are fungi.