[HN Gopher] MycoToilet: Demonstration of a Mycelium-Based Compos...
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       MycoToilet: Demonstration of a Mycelium-Based Composting Toilet
        
       Author : physarum_salad
       Score  : 8 points
       Date   : 2025-09-27 15:56 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
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       | schiffern wrote:
       | You _will_ need a method of preventing houseflies from laying
       | eggs on the material, which will happen within hours. This is the
       | main reason why portable toilets use that blue liquid. Having
       | housefly maggots crawling out will put an end to any experimental
       | trial real quick!
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       | Fly lifecycle: https://www.the-piedpiper.co.uk/th6a.htm
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       | At a minimum, I would recommend using a fine (noseeum) mesh
       | screen along any air vent or intake paths, and using a tightly-
       | sealed and gasketed toilet seat.
       | 
       | You may also want to incorporate agricultural fly-paper rolls
       | mounted inside the commode compartment itself (to quickly catch
       | any flies that get under the toilet seat lid), and probably some
       | inside the toilet stall as well. The agricultural flypaper
       | (CatchMaster XL or similar) usually comes on a 30cm x 100m roll,
       | and is by far the cheapest and most effective option. Avoid
       | funnel traps, which attract flies but have poor catch efficiency.
       | 
       | Nice effort and initiative. Just trying to help yoh "head off at
       | the pass" some of the foreseeable challenges. I look forward to
       | following this project!
        
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