[HN Gopher] MycelioTronics: Fungal mycelium skin for sustainable...
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       MycelioTronics: Fungal mycelium skin for sustainable electronics
        
       Author : lioeters
       Score  : 89 points
       Date   : 2022-11-26 15:37 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
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       | Zensynthium wrote:
       | Absolutely love the science being done here! Hope things like
       | these can hit the market, and quickly.
        
       | brianhorakh wrote:
       | Not affiliated with this researcher.
       | 
       | Have Been working on similar commercial applications,
       | manufacturing with of this tech for 4 years (can show my own
       | research, date stamped by google, github, etc.)
       | 
       | Anybody interested in actually manufacturing might want to hit me
       | up. Patents ready.
       | 
       | Http://fungible.farm
        
       | user3939382 wrote:
       | After watching a lot of Paul Stamets on Rogan I am, I think
       | permanently, very fascinated with mycology.
       | 
       | It's something I never paid much attention to, but the way they
       | work, grow, how they're connected, the potential applications, is
       | all super cool.
        
       | andsoitis wrote:
       | The fungus they use, Ganoderma lucidum, is reishi.
       | 
       | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK92757/
        
       | raziel2701 wrote:
       | I'd be very careful with anything fungal on my body. Last thing
       | I'd want is a fungal infection in my lungs or something dreadful
       | like that. This looks like the classic human folly were we get
       | blinded and overhyped by the usefulness of the technology and
       | minimize and discard the side-effects.
        
         | happimess wrote:
         | The abstract doesn't mention anything about grafting this to
         | human skin.
         | 
         | I believe the researchers are proposing a fungal substrate for
         | PCBs.
        
         | _qua wrote:
         | You are breathing in fungal spores right now. They're
         | everywhere.
        
         | grp000 wrote:
         | People eat it.
        
         | TaylorAlexander wrote:
         | The earth is absolutely covered in fungus and fungus spores. I
         | don't think a product manufactured from stabilized reishi
         | mycelium would be anything to worry about.
        
           | sedatk wrote:
           | That's the premise of the game The Last Of Us.
        
         | compiskey wrote:
        
         | bobkazamakis wrote:
         | I'd watch out for bacteria too! Wouldn't want any of those
         | crawling around your gut.
        
         | weego wrote:
         | Mycelial sheets are formed of filaments (hyphae) that have
         | grown as a result of a spore / multiple spores growing, which
         | are 'fruit phase' of the fungus.
         | 
         | The mycelial sheets are rendered 'inert' through one of an
         | option of processes (for example baking it).
         | 
         | A clearer visualisation of the materials here: the mycelial
         | sheets used in research / production are as to spores as a
         | plank of apple tree wood is to apple seeds.
         | 
         | When you're working with the wood you do need to be cautious of
         | the dust, but you don't need to be concerned about apple seeds
         | sporadically appearing.
        
         | gravelc wrote:
         | Well that's beer and bread off then menu.
         | 
         | Fungi are like plants. Some are beneficial. Some are not.
        
         | mancerayder wrote:
         | Fungi are a critical component of all soil, spores are
         | everywhere indoors and out.
        
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