It all start with spores, microscopic biological particles that allow fungi to be reproduced, when the moisture, temperature and nutrients are correct in the environment spores are released from the mushrooms fruiting body (fungi), germinating into cells called hyphae. As the hyphae grows beginning to form connections with other hyphae this creates mushroom mycelium.
Mycelium is an interesting living material due to its unique characteristics which can support vasts forests and support ecosystems, not only this but mycelium cells, hyphae thread-like structures. Hyphae possess the physical ability to grow into various shapes because of their dynamic and flexible nature of their cell walls and the way they respond to environmental cues, because of this in recent decades they have become physical materials used in landscape architecture and construction.
This moulding process starts with selecting a fungal species and a substrate which will be used as. growing medium. The fungi and substrate and mixed together and are packed into the desired shape (mould), this will be left in an environment with the optimum conditions (temperature, light, humidity, oxygen, carbon dioxide etc) allowing the spores to germinate into hyphae (this is likely to happen in a few days). The hyphae network will grow through the substrate forming a colony, by this time the mycelium is ready to be harvested, which if successful will create a building material.
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