52. The magical world of fungi (part 2)
May 11, 2022•15 min•Season 4Ep. 5
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Episode description
Fungi are amazing in so many ways, and after learning that they could be used to build habitat on Mars, we have this bonus episode to go into home these mushrooms can be used on Earth. Chris Maurer, principal architect at redhouse studios, explains that he has been using mushrooms to make building materials in low-resource environments in Namibia. These materials prove even better than concrete.
Join Dodi and Conor for this episode on a truly amazing use of biology to solve our problems.
Keywords: mycelium, building materials, mushrooms, Namibia, carbon, oyster mushrooms, resources, encroach, bush, low-resource environment, Mars, redhouse studios.
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