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  • Clean Room

    Laboratory Installation

    In this controlled sterile environment we inoculate substrate with mushroom spores and experiment with all things fungal.
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  • Bodies of Change Installation Process

    Building the installation

    This is the first in a series of articles tracking the construction process and growth of the Bodies of Change installation.
  • Yann Seznec, Patrick Hickey 1 Jan 2010

    The Secret Sounds of Spores

    Installation

    Hidden under every mushroom, invisible to the naked eye, thousands of spores fall and are blown away by the tiniest current of wind. Shining a laser underneath a protected mushroom makes these spores...

  • Mold That Eats Plastic

    This mushroom loves having plastic for dinner

    A little mushroom is making big headlines after it has been found to break down plastic faster and more effectively then its fungal and bacterial predecessors.

  • The Mold Fight Begins!

    Our first mold battle

    Our newest installation at the Paddestoelen Paradijs exhibition is a tiny agar-filled stadium where we will host mold fights. The first fight will be between our visitor Marco's bacteria and the...

  • Trametes versicolor

    Turkey tail / Elfenbankje

    Dry and leathery to the touch, the turkey tail is too tough to eat (although slugs and squirrels happily feast on the colorful mushroom). It enjoys the company of dead or dying trees, which it helps...
  • Maurizio Montalti 5 Dec 2011

    Bodies of Change

    Installation

    The growth of a new burial practice by employing fungi in performing the role of main “disassemblers” within the cyclical processes of growth and decomposition.

  • Artworks in the Paddestoelen Paradijs exhibition

    September 2011 - July 2012

  • Book: David Arora

    Mushrooms Demystified

    This is the be-all and end-all of mushroom books

    Truly an encyclopedia of mushroom facts and lore, lavishly illustrated with full-color photographs, literally everything you need to know about mushrooms, edible or not.

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  • Project: 1 Jan 2012

    Coffee Grinds Mushroom Growing Infographic

    Growing oyster mushrooms on used coffee grinds

    Rather then sending our used coffee grinds to the landfill, we're taking them on a much shorter journey down to the Urban Mushroom Farm in the Mediamatic Bank.
  • Book: Nina Lovering Marshall 1 Jan 1905

    Mushroom Book

    A popular mushroom guide

    A popular guide to the identification and study of our commoner fungi, with special emphasis on the edible varieties.
  • Book: Eva Wrange, Bo Nylén 1 Jan 2005

    Gott med svamp

    Plocka säkert - Laga läckert

    Little Swedish cook book. Gives recipes and tips about how to use certain mushrooms. Includes delicious looking risottos, pastas, pizza's and curries. Gott med svamp translates as 'good with...

  • Pleurotus eryngii

    King oyster mushroom / Konings oesterzwam

    The king oyster mushroom is bigger and better tasting than most other oyster mushrooms - hence its royal title. The dwarfed caps sit like little crowns on top of the long, thick, fatty white stems.

  • Urban Mushroom Farm

    Part of the Paddestoelen Paradijs exhibition is an urban mushroom farm set up in the Mediamatic Bank. Find out what kinds of mushrooms we're growing, how we're growing them, and why they're so...
  • Michel Blazy 1 Jan 2007

    Mur de Double Concentré de Tomate

    Installation

    Facilitating the observation of nature through the slow processes of decay and moulding, Michel Blazy's installation brings fungus to a whole new level.

  • Sclerotia tampanensis

    Philosopher's stones

    This very rare truffle is formed beneath the psilocybe tampanensis mushroom. These small lumps contain very high concentrations of psilocybin, a psychedelic with strong visual effects.

  • Lentinus edodes

    Shiitake

    Traditionally belonging to the Japanese cuisine, the Shiitake, in all its musky roughness, has spread across the world, and is the second most cultivated mushroom out there.

  • Care Calendar

    Taking care of the mushrooms

    Mediamatic's Urban Mushroom Farm houses six varieties of edible mushrooms, and they all need to be taken care of in their own special way. This is the calendar that we use inside the space to keep...

  • Pholiatha nameko

    Nameko mushroom / Bundelzwam

    Nameko mushrooms never grow alone - hence their unofficial name: cluster mushroom.
  • Project: Antal Ruhl

    Mold Fight

    A battle to the death of mold vs. mold

    Can you beat the slime mold?

  • Hericium erinaceus

    Bearded tooth mushroom / Pom Pom Blanc

    The lion's mane might be one of the most exciting mushrooms out there. Not only because it looks incredibly cool (instead of the regular cap it has a big set of teeth, not unlike It from The Addams...

  • Agrocybe aegerita

    Black Poplar / Populierleemhoed

    This Mushroom is originally from Southern Europe, where it's called 'Pioppino'. In nature this mushroom grows on tree stems, stumps and trunks of Poplar trees and sometimes on Willows.
  • Book: Jay Dayva 1 Jan 2003

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    The mystical mushroom enlightenment poems

    This artistic, illustrated volume is filled with information and insights, in a highly-enjoyable format. From the informative introduction, to the collection of 16 poems, this very unique book is one...

  • Slime Mold Computing

    Gathering intelligence from brain-less organisms

    Physarum polycephalum, better known as slime mold, is a simple organism that can solve some very complex problems. Slime molds are intelligent enough to find their way towards food through complex...

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