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3 stories tagged fungi, newest first.

Screenshot of quantamagazine.org: How Do Fungi Keep the Planet Healthy?

How Do Fungi Keep the Planet Healthy?(quantamagazine.org)

57 points by marojejian 8 days ago | 9 comments

Quanta Magazine 'The Joy of Why' episode in which biologist Toby Kiers explains how fungal networks trade nutrients with plants and store carbon underground.

mycorrhizal-fungi fungi soil-ecology carbon-sequestration

Screenshot of magicalmushroom.com: Magical Mushroom – Europe's first industrial-scale mycelium packaging producer

Magical Mushroom – Europe's first industrial-scale mycelium packaging producer (magicalmushroom.com)

358 points by microflash 8 months ago | 120 comments

Homepage of Magical Mushroom Company, a European producer of mycelium-based packaging made at industrial scale.

mycelium sustainable-packaging biomaterials manufacturing

Screenshot of smithsonianmag.com: Long before trees overtook the land, Earth was covered by prototaxites (2013)

Long before trees overtook the land, Earth was covered by prototaxites (2013)(smithsonianmag.com)

322 points by janandonly 3 years ago | 220 comments

Smithsonian Smart News article from 2013 about Prototaxites, giant 24-foot fungal spires that dotted Earth's landscape before trees took over.

prototaxites paleontology fungi fossils

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How Do Fungi Keep the Planet Healthy?(quantamagazine.org)

Magical Mushroom – Europe's first industrial-scale mycelium packaging producer(magicalmushroom.com)

Long before trees overtook the land, Earth was covered by prototaxites (2013)(smithsonianmag.com)

Magical Mushroom – Europe's first industrial-scale mycelium packaging producer (magicalmushroom.com)