Archive for April, 2011

Apr 9, 2011

TED Talk: Are Mushrooms the New Plastic?

I love TED talks. I just saw a new one featuring Eben Bayer of evocativedesign, creator of MycoBond, an organic  adhesive that turns mycelium and substrate into a foam-like material for packaging and insulation. The company’s ecocradle is a foam packaging material and greensulate is an insulating material. I previously wrote about evocativedesign in First [...]

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Apr 3, 2011

Goodbye Cantharellus AB, Hello Matsutake AB

Awhile back I wrote a post wondering What Ever Happened to Cantharellus AB? It must have been in the early 90′s when I first heard about the company, which had been formed to commercialize the production of chanterelle (Cantharellus cibarius) mushrooms. I even received a call from the company president in the lab at UT [...]

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