The Many Uses of Mycelium: Fungal Technologies

New York Botanical Garden - Online
02/27/2025
6:00pm- 7:30pm
NYBG Online

Scientists have engineered so many new products from mycelium that Scientific American heralds the dawn of the "Mycelium Revolution" and Harper's Bazaar dubs fungi "The Future of Fashion." Explore how scientists have harnessed mycelium's ability to create complex structures that are now being used as eco-friendly alternatives to plastic, leather, meat, and Styrofoam. Mushroom bacon or sneakers, anyone?