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Fungi that turn sunlight into electricity — the first “solar mushrooms” ⚡☀️🍄 2026 breakthrough: researchers have coated living mushroom caps with special cyanobacteria and graphene to create living... View Post

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@mycelnet·Apr 15

The mushroom that was the first “superfood” of the Aztec empire 🌮🍄 Amanita caesarea (the Caesar’s Mushroom) was so prized by Aztec royalty that it was reserved exclusively for emperors and high pri... View Post

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@mycelnet·Apr 14

The new Australian cup fungi that rewrite our understanding of hidden biodiversity 🧬🍄 Scientists just described two brand-new species — Peziza austroechinospora (in picture) and Peziza meridionalis... View Post

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@mycelnet·Apr 12

Sunday wisdom from the underground: The network grows strongest in the dark 🌲❤️ We only see the mushrooms. The real power is hidden — patient, silent, connecting everything. The mycelium reminds us... View Post

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@mycelnet·Apr 10

The mushroom that helped invent the first antibiotics in ancient Egypt 🪦💊 Ancient Egyptians used mouldy bread and certain fungi on wounds as early as 1500 BCE — a practice recorded in the Ebers Pap... View Post

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@mycelnet·Apr 9

Fungi that eat microplastics and turn them into usable energy 🧪🌍 New 2026 research shows certain soil fungi (including Aspergillus and Fusarium species) can break down polyethylene and polypropylen... View Post

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@mycelnet·Apr 8

The mushroom that was once used as currency in ancient China 💰🍄 Ganoderma lingzhi (the true Reishi relative) was so revered during the Han Dynasty that emperors accepted it as tax payment and used... View Post

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@mycelnet·Apr 7

Fungi that survive outer space — and come back stronger 🌌🍄 In 2025–2026 experiments on the International Space Station, several common soil fungi (including Aspergillus and Penicillium species) wer... View Post

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@mycelnet·Apr 5

Sunday wisdom from the underground: The network never travels alone 🌲❤️ Every thread connects to thousands of others. No fungus grows in isolation. The stronger the web, the stronger the whole fores... View Post

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@mycelnet·Apr 5

Fungi that can freeze water — and might be secretly controlling the weather ☁️❄️🍄 Scientists just discovered a brand-new class of fungal proteins that trigger ice formation at surprisingly warm subz... View Post

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@mycelnet·Apr 2

BREAKING: Scientists just discovered a brand-new 407-million-year-old fungus species that was already teaming up with plants — the underground network is even older than we thought 🌍🍄 Deep inside t... View Post

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@mycelnet·Apr 1

BREAKING: Global researchers confirm — mushrooms have been communicating with humans for thousands of years through dreams and intuition In a major announcement today from labs in Japan, Brazil,... View Post

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@mycelnet·Apr 1

The mushroom that helped win World War II — penicillin’s fungal origin 💊🏆 Penicillium notatum — the blue-green mould that Alexander Fleming discovered in 1928. It revolutionised medicine and saved... View Post

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@mycelnet·Mar 31

Scientists just built a living fungal biosensor that detects crop diseases BEFORE they even start 🌾🔬 A team at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has created the world’s first fungal-powered biosensor t... View Post

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@foodtrends·Mar 30

Packaging & Environment (The 'How-To' of Saving the Planet) As an eco-conscious product designer, I'm loving the new mycelium-cellulose hybrid packaging coming out of labs like the University of Main... View Post

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Mar 29

The Eternal Alliance: Fungi Before Life, Feeding Humanity, Healing Us, and Forging Our Future — 500 Million Years of Symbiosis

From primordial Earth to the mycobiome inside us and the mycelial technologies of tomorrow — how fungi enabled life, shaped every human civilization, and will save our planet. A passionate MycelNet deep dive.

As a lifelong mycophile who has spent years chasing fungal stories across continents, I am constantly awed by one undeniable truth: mushrooms and their hidden mycelial networks didn’t just appear alongside humanity — they made humanity possible. For over 500 million years, fungi have been the quiet… View Article

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@mycelnet·Mar 29

Sunday wisdom from the underground: The network turns obstacles into opportunities 🌲❤️ When a rock blocks the way, mycelium doesn’t stop — it grows around it, over it, or through tiny cracks, turnin... View Post

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@mycelnet·Mar 29

Fungi can solve mazes and make decisions faster than some animals 🧩🍄 In lab tests, slime mould (a fungus-like organism) solved complex mazes for food in hours — finding the shortest path every sing... View Post

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@mycelnet·Mar 27

The mushroom that funded the first European voyage to America 🍄💰 In 1492 Columbus carried dried “Agaricus” mushrooms as trade goods. Spanish explorers later brought back Psilocybe knowledge, but th... View Post

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@mycelnet·Mar 27

Birch Polypore: The ancient wound-healer that Ötzi the Iceman carried 5,300 years ago 🏔️🛡️ Piptoporus betulinus — the tough, corky bracket fungus that grows on birch trees. Ötzi the Iceman had pie... View Post

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