1.3 _ Growth
Organic
CIRCULAR ECONOMICS
OSTREATUS PLEUROTUS
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04_ MYCELIUM
TEMPERATURE: RELATIVE HUMIDITY: DURATION: CO2: FRESH AIR EXCHANGES: LIGHT REQUIREMENTS:
THE THEORY OF CIRCULAR ECONOMICS ADVOCATES A CONSTANT RENEWAL OF WASTE MATERIAL THROUGH REUSE
BY STARTING AN URBAN PROPOSAL ON THIS BASIS, COMMODITIES, RESOURCES AND
al Loc
RECYCLING AND ADAPTATION.
and
ENERGY CAN BE APPROPRIATED IN A CYCLICAL TO REDUCE THE
WHILE SUBSTITUTING
PART SOLUTION, RECYCLING OFFERS LIMITED APPEAL AS ITS
od
etal
GOES BEYOND RECYCLING AS IT IS BASED AROUND A
Flo
THE CIRCULAR ECONOMY
TEMPERATURE: RELATIVE HUMIDITY: DURATION: CO2: FRESH AIR EXCHANGES: LIGHT REQUIREMENTS:
s
DEMAND FOR VIRGIN MATERIALS.
Hea vy M
DOWNGRADE MATERIALS, LEADING TO CONTINUING HIGH
70-80* F (21-27* C) 95-100% 10-20 DAYS 50,000 PPM OR 5% 0-1/HR N/A
THE POLYTHENE BAGS MAINTAIN THE 90% HUMIDITY REQUIRED FOR THE GROWTH OF MYCELIUM. THE BAGS CAN BE REMOVED FROM THE MOULDS FOR INSPECTION. AFTER THE GEOMETRY HAS
3a | Mould prep
BECOME MORE STERILE THE BAG CAN BE LOOSENED FROM THE SIDES TO ALLOW OXYGEN FILTRATE DEEPER AREAS OF THE
TEST MOULDS WILL CONTAIN ARE FORMATTED TO CONTAIN .008M^3 .027M^3 .064M^3 AND .512M^3 THEY ARE FORMED FROM 12MM MDF
SUBSTRATE.
PRIMORDIA (“ANTLER”) FORMATION:
farm
PROCESSES ARE ENERGY-INTENSIVE AND GENERALLY
w at er
wat er
SECONDARY MATERIALS FOR PRIMARY MATERIALS CAN OFFER A
al ion Nat
AMOUNT OF OVERALL WASTE.
7 a | Incubation
SPAWN RUN:
RESTORATIVE INDUSTRIAL SYSTEM GEARED TOWARDS DESIGNING OUT WASTE. THE DIAGRAM BELOW SHOWS A CIRCULAR ECONOMICS
65-75* F (18-24* C) 95-100% 14-28 DAYS 20,000-40,000 PPM 0-1/HR 4-8 HOURS AT 200-500 LUX
PROCESS BASED ON THE USE OF MYCELIUM AS A DECOMPOSER,
Existing industry
BIO-REMEDIATOR, FOOD SOURCE AND A BUILDING MATERIAL. THE SCALE OF THE NAVARRO SITE IS OF SUCH SIZE THAT A NEW RESOURCE PLAN IS REQUIRED FOR A SUSTAINABLE, RESOURCE AUTONOMOUS SOLUTION. THE CLOSED LOOP SYSTEM ALLOWS
Water
FLOWS OF ENERGY AND RESOURCES TO BE SHIFTED BETWEEN SCALES AND INDUSTRIES.
MYCELIUM ALLOWS FOR A SYMBIOTIC
6a | Inoculation Industrial
7 b | Incubation
A HERMETIC ENVIRONMENT IS MAINTAINED BY ENCASING THE SUBSTRATE IN A POLYTHENE BAG. THIS IS STERILISED USING ISOPROPANOL ALCOHOL PRIOR TO CONTACT WITH MYCELIUM
THE POLY-BAG IS STORED IN THE VERTICAL POSITION TO APPLY PRESSURE TO THE MATERIAL INSIDE. IT WAS FOUND THAT THE OBJECT DEFORMED AT THE LOWER PARTS RESULTING IN SPLITTING
LINK TO BE FORMED BETWEEN THE THRIVING AGRARIAN
AND TEARING OF THE BAG. IT WAS DECIDED TO SUSPEND THE BAG
INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE DEMAND FOR SOCIAL HOUSING AND RESOURCES.
FROM A HEIGHT TO REDUCE THE UNEVEN DISTRIBUTION OF
COFFEE BY PRODUCTS CAN BE USED AS A
MATERIAL.
NUTRIENT SOURCE FOR THE MUSHROOMS WHICH CAN THEN BE
CAUCA OR THE RIVER CALI.
House
Plastic Waste
g
stin
po
ly c om
Po
Organic Waste
TEMPERATURE: RELATIVE HUMIDITY: DURATION: CO2: FRESH AIR EXCHANGES: LIGHT REQUIREMENTS:
oam o_F Myc
Substrate
Industrial waste Agricultural waste Flood Water Grey Water Clean water
Fun·gus
INGREDIENT
SPAWN RUN:
Mycelium Usable mushroom
Waste
(fŭn-jī, fŭnghgī)
Individual
Unit
Cluster
Urban
MYCOLOGIST 75* F (24* C) 90-95% 12-16 DAYS 5000-20,000 PPM 1 PER HOUR N/A
FURNITURE STERILISED
AND ABILITY TO GROW AT AMBIENT ROOM
STRAW MYCELIUM
CLEAN
PLASTIC SHEETING
PRIMORDIA (“ANTLER”) FORMATION:
DUST FREE
CASTING MOULDS
TEMPERATURE: RELATIVE HUMIDITY: DURATION: CO2: FRESH AIR EXCHANGES: LIGHT REQUIREMENTS:
COMPARTMENT
50-60* F (10-15* C) 95-100% 4-5 DAYS 500-1000 PPM 4-8 PER HOUR 500-1000 LUX
TEMPERATURE.
MYCOLOGISTS
Room arrangement for hygiene
National
Myc-eilum (mī-sēlē-em)
Mush-room (’m |ru:m; -rųm)
1. (Botany) the vegetative body of
v1. (Botany) typically consisting of a cap (pileus) at the end of a stem arising from an underground mycelium 2. To Grow rapidly
∆
throughout the nutrient substratum 2. 1. (Plants) any member of a kingdom of organisms (Fungi) that lack chlorophyll, leaves, true stems, and roots, reproduce by spores, and live as
THE SECOND COLUMN SAMPLE WAS AGITATED ONE WEEK INTO GROWTH TO DISTRIBUTE THE MYCELIUM GROWTH. AND ALLOW FOR AN EVEN DISTRIBUTION OF OXYGEN TO THE ORGANISM.
OYSTER SPAWN WAS OBTAINED FROM BRITISH SUPPLIER MUSHROOM. BOX. WE CHOOSE THIS SPECIES FOR IT’S TENACIOUS GROWTH
GANODERMA LUCIDUM
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TO BE PUT BACK INTO THE RIVER
t lan
MYCOREMEDIATION CENTRES CAN BE SET UP TO DEAL
WITH ORGANIC AND WATER WASTE SO THAT IT DOES NOT HAVE
1 | Grain-spawn
rick
AND
FURTHER TO THIS LOCAL WASTE
p ste wa
NUTRITIOUS FRUITING BODIES.
My co_ B
TRANSFERRED TO A CALORIFIC OUTPUT IN THE FORM OF THE
[C19 (literally: nail of fungus): from myco- + Greek hēlos nail] mycelial adj myceloid adj
[C15: from Old French mousseron, from Late Latin mussiriō, of obscure origin]
and mushrooms
PROCESS
FOLLOWING THIS STAGE, ALL PARTICIPANTS MUST BE WEARING HAIR NETS, PLASTIC GLOVES UP TO THE ELBOW AND PAPER MOUTH MASKS AT ALL TIMES. ALL SURFACES TO BE WASHED WITH ISOPROPANOL ALCOHOL.
1 | Grain Spawn
2 | Raw Materials
A
C
B
D
Design thesis for Y Geometries 4 | Substrate Prep
5 | Pasteurisation
6 | Inoculation
7 | Incubation
2.1 _ Grow 1-3
f(x ) = x (2a+2b+c)
THE
5 | Pasteurisation THERE
THE GEOMETRY FOR THIS EXPERIMENT WAS TAKEN DIRECTLY FORM A PRE-EXISTING 3D MODEL. THE SURFACES WERE UN-ROLLED AND TABS ADDED TO ADJOINING EDGES. THE SHAPES WERE THEN HAND CUT OUT OF WHITE POLYSTYRENE PLASTIC.
60-80 DEGREES AND 1.5 HOURS. A LARGE SCALE
AUTOCLAVE IS THE MOST PREFERRED METHOD AS IT CAN BE EASILY MONITORED AND PROVIDES THE MOST CONSISTENT RESULTS.
IN
THIS
EXPERIMENT
WE
MAINTAINED
6c |Inoculation
HEATER.
4 | Substrate Prep
7 | Post Process
THE
2 | Raw Materials THE RAW MATERIALS OR SUBSTRATE FOR THIS PART OF THE PROCESS WILL FORM THE BULK, NUTRIENTS AND STRUCTURE FOR THE FINAL PROTOTYPE MATERIAL. THE ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS OF THIS MATERIAL COME FROM IT’S ABILITY TO UTILISE AGRICULTURAL WASTE MATERIAL. FOR THIS REASON WE HAVE LIMITED THE AREA IN WHICH WE CAN OBTAIN THESE MATERIALS TO A 100KM RADIUS AROUND THE SITE. IN THIS EXPERIMENT WE USED A 60/40 RATION OF STRAW AND OAK SAWDUST. BETWEEN 10% AND 20% WAS ADDED PER VOLUME
x
MYCELIAL GROWTH IS HAPPENS IN HIGH
THE PRODUCTION OF GRAIN SPAWN IS ACHIEVED THROUGH REPEATED
HUMIDITY, LOW LIGHT AND LOW AIR CHANGE
DUPLICATION OF A SMALL PIECE OF THE FRUITING BODY IN ANTIBIOTIC AGAR MEDIUM.
RHIZOMORPHIC MYCELIUM GROWTH IS CONTROLLED
UNTIL CELLS OF DESIRED STRENGTH CAN BE COLLECTED AND MIXED WITH ORGANIC MATERIAL WITHIN GLASS GRAIN SPAWN JARS.
SUBSTRATE MATERIAL WILL NEED TO BE PASTEURIZED PRIOR TO BEING PUT IN CONTACT WITH THE SPAWN GRAIN. SUBSTRATE AND WOOD-CHIP TO BE PLACED IN HEAVY DUTY CONTAINER WITH 60-80° WATER. PROCESS TO LAST BETWEEN 1-1.5 HOURS. CONTAINER TO BE HELD UNDER OBSERVATION FOR MAINTAINING STABLE TEMPERATURE.
ENVIRONMENTS.
FOR THIS REASON ALL MOULDS
WILL BE COVERED IN POLYTHENE SHEETS TO
FLAME-STERILISE THE SCALPEL UNIT GLOWING RED OVER THE ALCOHOL LAMP, LET COOL OFF AND PUT ON A STERILE BLADE. FOR
PROCESS OF MIXING SUBSTRATE IS TIME CONSUMING AND
LABOUR INTENSIVE IF NOT DONE MECHANICALLY.
THE
PROCESSES AS THE NUTRIENT RICH MATERIALS BECOME SUSCEPTIBLE
AS
MATERIALS ARE MIXED AND PREPPED FOR
PASTEURIZATION TIMING BECOMES CRUCIALLY IMPORTANT. PERIOD OF MORE THAN
IF
A
72 HOURS HAS PASSED BEFORE MIXING AND
PASTEURIZATION THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY OF THE FORMATION OF GREEN MOULD.
TISSUE HARVESTING WE RECOMMEND TO GRAFT TISSUE FROM THE ON
HYDRATING
AND MIXING OF THE SUBSTRATE SIGNIFIES THE START OF THE CLEAN TO CONTAMINATION.
THE
. SUBSTRATE PREPARATION IS NORMALLY DONE IN A
SEMI CLEAN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS SEPARATE FROM THE INOCULATION ROOM TO REDUCE AIRBORNE CROSS CONTAMINATION.
IN
PRIOR
TO INOCULATION A SHEET OF HEMP FABRIC
WAS REINFORCED WITH BAMBOO CANES. SUBSTRATE AND
MYCELIUM
A MIXTURE OF THE GENERIC
WAS LAYERED ON THE SHEET BEFORE
ROLLING THE ENTIRE OBJECT AND PLACING IT IN A THE PLASTIC TUBE.
ONCE
FITTED THE GAPS WERE RETROSPECTIVELY FILLED WITH THE
GENERIC SUBSTRATE AND
MYCELIUM MIX.
AERATED BAGS.
THIS
RESULTED IN A MUCH GREATER GROWTH AND
FOUND THAT DUE TO HIGH
THE
CO2 ATE PRE-FRUITING STEMS OF THE
HIS INNOVATIVE METHOD "PROVIDES A FUNGAL SUBSTRATE WHICH COULD BE MOLDED, AND EASILY AND CHEAPLY PREPROCESSED TO PRECISE GEOMETRIC SPECIFICATIONS," ACCORDING TO HIS PATENT APPLICATION . A SINGLE FUNGAL ORGANISM MIGHT COMPRISE MILES
USING BIOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGIES COMBINED WITH CUTTING-EDGE
MASS.
IRREGULAR GROWTH PATTERNS.
DURING HIS STAY, ROSS PRODUCED FOUR EASY CHAIRS --
ONE WHICH HE CAST IN A WHEELBARROW AS AN AESTHETIC TWIST AS WELL AS
THIS PROCESS ALSO FACILITATED THE 2 PIECES THAT WERE ALLOWED TO GROW TOGETHER.
DURING THE 3%HYDROGEN PEROXIDE SOLUTION IS ADDED TO REDUCE CONTAMINATION. THE BAG IS MIXING A
ALSO CLEANED WITH ALCOHOL FOR THE SAME REASON.
3|
2 | Raw Materials
T WAS
POSITIVE IS THEN FORMED IN PLASTIC USING HIGH
THE RAW MATERIALS OR SUBSTRATE FOR THIS PART OF THE PROCESS FORMED THE BULK, NUTRIENTS AND STRUCTURE FOR THE FINAL PROTOTYPE MATERIAL. A RATIO OF 4:1:1:.5 OAK SAWDUST, STRAW, GYPSUM AND OAT-BRAN WAS USED
50% WERE FRAIL AND FRAGILE. THE LARGER BLOCKS
RETAINED THEIR SHAPE BETTER AS THEY WERE DRIED IN PROXIMITY TO A RADIATOR.
Mould prep
FOR THIS EXPERIMENT A POSITIVE FOR THE MOULD IS CREATED BY LAYERING CNC MILLED MDF. THE IMPACT POLYSTYRENE A VACUUM FORMER.
WE
WERE
LIMITED IN GEOMETRY SIZE AS THE FORMER BED WAS ONLY
380X380MM
7 | Incubation THE
8 | Post Process
SAMPLES ARE ALLOWED TO GROW IN THEIR
2-3 WEEKS UNTIL A VISIBLE HAS FORMED ON THE TOP. THE
EACH OF THE SAMPLES WERE ALLOWED TO AIR DRY. IN
SEALED CONTAINERS FOR LAYER OF MYCELIUM
PREVIOUS EXPERIMENTS IT WAS FOUND THAT THE
PIECES ARE THEN REMOVED FORM THE MOULDS AND
RAPID
Grow closet
OF THE SUBSTRATE AND INCREASE GROWTH.
COMPUTATION AND ENGINEERING TO CREATE NEW BUILDING MATERIALS,
Substrate prep
Pre inoculation
Lab before inoculation
Inoculation process
Storage
SEALED CUPBOARD USED TO STORE MYCELIUM MOULDS, INTERNAL WALLS HAVE BEEN PARTIALLY INSULATED TO KEEP AMBIENT TEMPERATURE BETWEEN 7-12 C°
Sterile Table
THE LIVING USED A NEW METHOD OF BIO-DESIGN, 100% ORGANIC MATERIAL.
RESULTING IN A STRUCTURE THAT IS
A TABLE ONLY USED WHEN WORKING WITH THE MYCELIUM DIRECTLY
THE STRUCTURE TEMPORARILY DIVERTS THE NATURAL CARBON CYCLE
Ante-room
TO PRODUCE A BUILDING THAT GROWS OUT OF NOTHING BUT
- WITH ALMOST NO THIS APPROACH OFFERS A NEW VISION FOR SOCIETY'S APPROACH TO PHYSICAL OBJECTS AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT. IT ALSO OFFERS A NEW DEFINITION OF LOCAL MATERIALS, AND A DIRECT RELATIONSHIP TO NEW YORK STATE AGRICULTURE AND INNOVATION CULTURE
SEALED ENTRANCE ROOM WITH DOUBLE SKIN OF PLASTIC SHEETING TO REDUCE DRAFTS OF
WASTE, NO ENERGY NEEDS, AND NO CARBON EMISSIONS.
CONTAMINATED AIR AND KEEP AMBIENT ROOM TEMPERATURE HIGH
Aluminium pots
COMMERCIAL KITCHEN POTS USED TO PASTEURISE STRAW AND TRANSPORT WATER
Medium Sterile table
POLYCARBONATE LAYERED WORK TABLE USED FOR NON MYCELIUM BASED TASKS AND
--
20 SMALL STOOLS ($300 EACH) AND SIX CYLINDRICAL ($350 EACH).
GENERAL STORAGE OF CLEANED PRODUCE
Substrate drainage table
SMALL BENCH WITH PVC CHANNEL USED TO FOR DRAINING AND DRYING STRAW.
Sterile storage
A DISCONNECTED FRIDGE WHICH HAS BEEN USED TO STORE CLEANED MATERIALS AS WELL AS
The lab during experiment 1
Diagram of lab showing hierarchy of surface
BEN SHETERLINE PRICE + MYERS BEN JOINED PRICE & MYERS AFTER GRADUATING FROM UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK IN 2006. HE HAS WORKED ON A WIDE VARIETY OF REFURBISHMENT AND NEW BUILD PROJECTS. PRICE MYERS ARE A LEADING LONDON BASED ENGINEERING FIRM THAT ALSO SPECIALISE IN SUSTAINABILITY REPORTS AND ASSESSMENT. THE COMPANY HAS BEEN VERY FAVOURABLE TO OUR MYCELIUM AND EPS WORK AND HAS SHOWN A KEEN INTEREST IN OUR INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO CONSTRUCTION
PHIL ROSS MYCOWORKS
WE MET DEBORAH AT THE BRE DRAGONS DEN SEMINAR
AFTER INVITING EBEN TO VISIT OUR LAB ON A VISIT TO LONDON HE OFFERED TO PARTNER WITH US BY SUPPLYING US
OF THEIR CONSTRUCTION INNOVATORS PROGRAMME.
DR DEBORAH PULLEN IS THE GROUP RESEARCH DIRECTOR AT THE BUILDING RESEARCH ESTABLISHMENT (BRE), LEADING THE DELIVERY OF THE CURRENT £20M RESEARCH AND PUBLICATIONS WORK BOTH AND AT BRE AND ITS FIVE UNIVERSITY CENTRES OF EXCELLENCE. THIS ALSO ENCOMPASSES THE BRE TRUST FUTURE CITIES PROGRAMME, WHICH NOW HAS OVER 70 PARTNERS FROM ACADEMIA,
THEM IN NEW FORMATIONS TO MAKE THEM STRONGER AND MORE VERSATILE AND THEN USING THEM AS A MATERIAL WITH
HIS WORK WAS HIGHLY INFLUENTIAL TO THE
PROGRESS OF OUR RESEARCH AND HE HAS BEEN A VALUABLE CONTRIBUTOR
EBEN BAYER ECOVATIVE
WHEN WE WERE PRESENTING OUR MYCELIUM WORK AS A PART
PHIL ROSS ACTED AS MENTOR FOR THE MID TO EARLY STAGES OF OUR MYCELIUM RESEARCH . HE IS A SPECIALIST FOR ALMOST 20 YEARS HE HAS BEEN EXPERIMENTING WITH MUSHROOMS FOR THEIR RECYCLING PROPERTIES, GROWING
WHICH TO BUILD.
DR. DEBORAH PULLEN MBE B.R.E
IN APRIL WE PRESENTED OUR WORK TO A BRE RESEARCH PANEL IN WATFORD.
A HIGH QUALITY MYCELIUM PRODUCT AT A HEAVILY SUBSIDISED RATE.
BAYER CO-FOUNDED ECOVATIVE IN 2010 WITH HIS GAVIN MCINTYRE, WHOM HE MET WHILE THEY
COLLEAGUE
WERE BOTH STUDYING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING AT
RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE IN TROY, N.Y. SINCE THEN ECOVATIVE HAS RAISED OVER $14 MILLION IN FUNDING, AND ITS 65 EMPLOYEES ALREADY PRODUCE PACKAGING FOR COMPANIES LIKE DELL AND STEELCASE. THE PROCESS
INDUSTRY AND PUBLIC SECTOR WITH A COLLECTIVE VALUE OF
INVOLVES USING AGRICULTURAL WASTE TO GROW
£10M. WE ARE CURRENTLY EVALUATING THE POSSIBILITY OF
MUSHROOMS—AND, MORE IMPORTANT, THEIR BINDING
BUILDING THE PROTOTYPE AT THEIR FACILITIES PRIOR TO SHIPPING TO
COLOMBIA
VEGETATIVE ROOTS KNOWN AS MYCELIUM—IN MOLD FOR TO
120 HOURS
96
SUSANNA HORN JARDEMARK. + ANITA OLLÁR DURING OUR SECOND GROWTH EXPERIMENT IN MARCH SUSANNA AND ANITA JOINED FROM CHALMERS UNIVERSITY SWEDEN. THEIR WORK IS PREDOMINANTLY CONCERNED WITH MYCELIUM GROWTH AND VARIETIES IN MEDIA.
LAURA AND OUR MYCELIUM BLOCK ON THE FRONT OF
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER MAGAZINE.
DEHYDRATION
OF
MATERIAL
CAN
CAUSE
UNWANTED SHRINKAGE AND DEFORMATION.
PLACED IN A LARGER BAG TO FACILITATE THE AERATION
3.1 _ The LAB
BASKET-LIKE PIECES
PARTNERS + EVENTS
8 a| Post Process IN THIS EXPERIMENT WERE ALLOWED TO
I
PLACED IN A SEALED POLYTHENE BAG.
PASTEURISATION
FOUND THAT PIECES WITH A VISIBLE INOCULATION OF LESS THAN
HOSTS INDEPENDENT BUILDERS AND DESIGNERS FOR TWO MONTH STAYS.
BOXES
DRY NATURALLY USING NATURAL VENTILATION.
MUSHROOMS WERE DEFORMED CAUSING LENGTHENING OF STEM AND
EARTH AND RETURNS TO NOTHING BUT EARTH
THE LATEST CREATIONS TO EMERGE FROM ROSS'S MUSHROOM MOLD ARE EASY CHAIRS, WHICH HE SELLS FOR $3,000 APIECE. HE BUILT THEM DURING AN EIGHT-WEEK RESIDENCY AT THE WORKSHOP, AN INDUSTRIAL WORK-SPACE IN SAN FRANCISCO THAT
TEST
G. LUCIDUM. MOULDS ARE THEN
EITHER SEALED WITH A POLYTHENE SHEET OF ELSE
A SUBSTRATE WITH RATIO 4:1:.5:.5 OF OAK SAWDUST, STRAW, CALCIUM CARBONATE AND OAT-BRAN ARE MIXED BY HAND AND HYDRATED. THE MIXTURE IS THEN PLACED IN NYLON ROASTING BAGS IN PREPARATION FOR
CHARRING OR DEGRADATION
THE FORMATION OF A THICK SKIN AROUND THE EXTERIOR. IT WAS
GRAIN SPAWN OF
WHICH SMALL INCISIONS WILL BE MADE TO
2 | Hy-Fi tower
ROSS CONCENTRATES THEM INTO A DENSE, LOAD-BEARING
THE RESULT WAS A DENSE AND
MONOLITHIC FORMATION WITH LITTLE TO NO SIGNS OF
THE INOCULATION PROCESS SOME OF THE MOULDS WERE
ADEQUATE TIME TO COOL THEY ARE MIXED WITH THE
4 | Substrate Prep
CONDENSED COLUMN GROWN IN A POLY TUBE WAS
REMOVED FROM THE PLASTIC BAGS AND PLACED IN LARGER MORE
THIS EXPERIMENT THE FORM-WORK WAS A SIMPLE TUBULAR
POLYTHENE BAG.
7 c| Incubation DURING
3+6b | Agar Culture
8b | Post Process
6a | Inoculation AFTER THE SUBSTRATE BAGS HAVE BEEN GIVEN
ALLOW ADEQUATE OXYGENATION.
1 | Mycoworks
FOREST;
COMBUSTION IN AREAS WITHOUT MYCELIUM GROWTH.
KILN DRIED FOR ONE HOUR.
5 | Pasteurisation THE PLASTIC BAGS ARE PLACED IN A POTTERY KILN FOR 3 HOURS AT 100 DEGREES TO KILL ANY COMPETING SPORES OR CONTAMINATING GERMS. THE INTERNAL TEMPERATURE OF THE BAGS IS MAINTAINED AT A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN 60-80 TO STOP THE DEGRADATION OF CELLS.
SAMPLES PLACED IN THE KILN WERE DAMAGED DUE TO
THE
LOCATION PRECEDENT OF FIBROUS STRANDS FANNING BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE
THIS IS DUE TO THE THINNER ELEMENT SIZE AND THE INCONSISTENT GROWTH.
1.2 _ Grow 4-6
THIS
ENVIRONMENT THROUGH A DOMESTIC COOKING POT AND RING
3 | Mould Prep
HANDLED.
3c | Mould Prep
ARE A NUMBER OF METHODS THAT CAN BE USED TO
HEATED TO A TEMPERATURE BETWEEN
f(x ) = x (2a+3b+4d)
SAMPLES ALLOWED TO DRY NATURALLY WERE VERY
DELICATE AND IN MANY INSTANCES WOULD CRUMBLE IF
PASTEURIZE. IN EACH OF THESE INSTANCES THE SUBSTRATE IS KEPT AT THIS TEMPERATURE FOR
8c | Post Process
Climatisation
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