Shroom with a view?

American architecture firm Red House is working with NASA & the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms to build new bio-habitats - homes made from living organisms - in space.

Red House is mixing the waste biomass from Namibia’s infamous "encroacher bush" - an invasive species that drains groundwater, causing fertile areas to become deserts - with mycelium, a fungus whose structure is an underground network of connecting fibres.

#fungi #astromycology

https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/02/02/future-humans-living-on-the-moon-and-mars-may-one-day-live-in-homes-grown-from-mushrooms

“According to mushroom growers and scientists designing future foods for astronauts, there are a lot of good reasons why fungi might make an important contribution to spacefaring humans' diets, from their nutritional profile to their ability to grow quickly in dark, confined spaces.”

#SpaceFood #SpaceFarming #fungi #astromycology

https://www.sciof.fi/mushrooms-space-food-expanse/