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  • Image: Govert de Jong

    The Don't Touch My Psilocybe Mexicana's

    This band played at the opening of the Paddestoelen Paradijs exhibition.
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  • Book: Terence McKenna 1 Jan 1992

    Food of the Gods

    The search for the original tree of knowledge

    For the first time in trade paperback, the critically acclaimed counterculture manifesto by the wildly popular McKenna. This book tells you about the history of drugs in the East and West; from the...

  • 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...
  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Agaricus blazei

    Almond mushroom / Amandelpaddestoel

    Originating from Brazil and Argentine, the almond mushroom enjoys high temperatures, keeping cool under a brown cap that's about as wide as it is high. (Great for stuffing!)

  • Mycelium and Mushroom Manufacturers

    Information and websites about mushroom companies and growers that can supply us with products.

  • Paddestoelen Road-Trip

    Our adventures gathering knowledge about growing our own mushrooms

    In order to prepare for the upcoming exhibition at Mediamatic, Paddestoelen Paradijs, we ventured south to the towns of Hedel and Rossum to find out everything we could about growing our own...

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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...

  • 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...

  • 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.

  • Mycelium Theorists/Scientists

    Scientists, theorists and university work groups that are doing research into mushrooms and mycelium and anything related. No lonely links please - add a little blurb about the research when you add...

  • Mushroom Events

    Workshops, lectures, excursions

  • 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.

  • Pholiatha nameko

    Nameko mushroom / Bundelzwam

    Nameko mushrooms never grow alone - hence their unofficial name: cluster mushroom.

  • 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...
  • Project: Antal Ruhl

    Mold Fight

    A battle to the death of mold vs. mold

    Can you beat the slime mold?

  • Clean Room

    Laboratory Installation

    In this controlled sterile environment we inoculate substrate with mushroom spores and experiment with all things fungal.
  • Book: Paul Stamets 1 Jan 2005

    Mycelium Running

    How Mushrooms Can Help Save the World

    Mycelium Running is a manual for the mycological rescue of the planet. That’s right: growing more mushrooms may be the best thing we can do to save the environment, and in this groundbreaking text...
  • Book: John M. Allegro 1 Jan 1970

    De Heilige Paddenstoel en het Kruis

    Paddenstoelen en religie

    De Heilige Paddenstoelen en het kruis is een studie naar de aard en de oorsprong van het christendom binnen de vruchtbaarheidscultussen van het oude Nabije Oosten.
  • 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.

  • Mycelium Videos

    Lectures and fiction

    1. TED talk by Paul Stamets on 6 ways that mushrooms can save the world. This is already on the Mediamatic site here . 2. What's Mycelium? Mycelium (plural mycelia) is the vegetative part of a...

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