Fungal Matters
Welcome to Fungal Matters 🍄
We explore the living world of myco-materials, biological design, and fungal collaborations for building a more regenerative future.
Here, you’ll find:
🍄DIY guides and tutorials for working with mycelium-based materials
🍄Hands-on processes for growing myco-objects, sculptures, and material archive
🍄Reflections on fungi, ecology, and design as acts of care
This is a channel by designers and citizen scientists, for our community!
🌱 Our full-length book, Fungal Matters, drops in 2025 with Routledge—an in depth guide into the methods, metaphors, and materials of working with fungi.
🔗 Join our living lab on Patreon for extended sessions, resources, consultations, and more:
https://www.patreon.com/fungalmatters
📷 Follow our mycelial trails:
Fungal Matters: https://www.instagram.com/fungal.matters/
Catherine Euale: https://www.instagram.com/slimy_futures/
Jessica Dias: https://www.instagram.com/formalisedcuriosities/
Let’s stay entangled.
Post-processing: Finishes for Myco-materials
Using a Mycelium Grow It Yourself Kit for Myco-materials
Flexible Mycelium Materials / Mycelium Textiles / Mycelium "Leather"
Mycomaterial Dehydration (Finishing your mycelium based materials)
Mycomaterial Incubation (Growing your mycelium based material)
Designing Moulds for Myco-composites
Sculpting Mycelium Composites | Binders, Fillers & "Clay" Intro
Grain to Bulk Substrate | Inoculation for Mycomaterials
Substrate Prep: Pasteurization | Mycomaterial Cultivation Techniques
Substrate Prep: How to Create the Right Mix for Your Mycelium
Overview of Substrates for Myco-Materials & Cultivation
How to Prepare Grain Spawn | Mycomaterial Cultivation
Liquid Cultures 101 | Mycelium Inoculation Techniques
Agar Transfers (Using a Bunsen Burner)
Agar Transfers (Using a DIY Still Air Box)
Agar Prep for Mycelium Cultivation | Make Your Own MEA Plates
Introduction to Mycelium Cultures: Start Your Myco-material Journey Here
Keep It Clean! Sterile Lab Protocols for Mycology
Tools of the Trade: Setting Up Your DIY Mycology Lab
Mycelium: The Natural Binder
Mycelium Explained: The True Form of Fungal Life
The Amazing Properties of Mycelium Materials!
Mushroom Life Cycle 101