The document discusses using mushrooms and mycoscaping in urban landscapes. It describes how mushrooms can convert waste inputs like wood chips, coffee grounds, and agricultural waste into useful outputs like food, medicine, and ecological restoration. It discusses principles of mycoscaping like experimenting to find the right balance between sterile and wild mushroom cultivation techniques, intercepting local waste streams for fungal processing, supporting local spawn producers and regional mushroom strains, and integrating mushroom cultivation into landscapes to tighten nutrient cycles and produce food and medicine in urban areas.
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Mycoscaping in Brooklyn
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2. Mycoscaping
Mushrooms in the Urban Landscape
Rafter Sass • E C O P H I L O S
for Port Quincy
Bedford-Stuyvesant, NY
September 26, 2009
Ecological Learning Institute • E C O P H I L O S • Liberation Ecology Project
Permaculture Across Borders • Food Security Roundtable
3. Mycoscaping
Mushrooms in the Urban Landscape
Rafter Sass • E C O P H I L O S
for Port Quincy
Bedford-Stuyvesant, NY
September 26, 2009
Ecological Learning Institute • E C O P H I L O S • Liberation Ecology Project
Permaculture Across Borders • Food Security Roundtable
8. f u n g a l
WASTE USEFUL
INPUTS OUTPUTS
alchemy
9. WASTE USEFUL
INPUTS OUTPUTS
f u n g a l
alchemy
10. WASTE USEFUL
INPUTS OUTPUTS
Waste from forest
management
f u n g a l
alchemy
11. WASTE USEFUL
INPUTS OUTPUTS
Waste from forest
management
Waste from grain and hay f u n g a l
production
alchemy
12. WASTE USEFUL
INPUTS OUTPUTS
Waste from forest
management
Waste from grain and hay f u n g a l
production
Waste from animal
husbandry
alchemy
13. WASTE USEFUL
INPUTS OUTPUTS
Waste from forest
management
Waste from grain and hay f u n g a l
production
Waste from animal
husbandry
Waste from other agriculture
alchemy
14. WASTE USEFUL
INPUTS OUTPUTS
Waste from forest
management
Waste from grain and hay f u n g a l
production
Waste from animal
husbandry
Waste from other agriculture
Waste from integrated
waste mgt.
alchemy
15. WASTE USEFUL
INPUTS OUTPUTS
Waste from forest
management
Waste from grain and hay f u n g a l
production
Waste from animal
husbandry
Waste from other agriculture
Waste from integrated
waste mgt.
alchemy
Waste from beer industry
16. WASTE USEFUL
INPUTS OUTPUTS
Waste from forest
management
Waste from grain and hay f u n g a l
production
Waste from animal
husbandry
Waste from other agriculture
Waste from integrated
waste mgt.
alchemy
Waste from beer industry
Waste from coffee industry
17. WASTE USEFUL
INPUTS OUTPUTS
Waste from forest
management
Waste from grain and hay f u n g a l
production
Waste from animal
husbandry
Waste from other agriculture
Waste from integrated
waste mgt.
alchemy
Waste from beer industry
Waste from coffee industry
Wastes from... ?
18. WASTE USEFUL
INPUTS OUTPUTS
Waste from forest
management Medicine
Waste from grain and hay f u n g a l
production
Waste from animal
husbandry
Waste from other agriculture
Waste from integrated
waste mgt.
alchemy
Waste from beer industry
Waste from coffee industry
Wastes from... ?
19. WASTE USEFUL
INPUTS OUTPUTS
Waste from forest
management Medicine
Waste from grain and hay f u n g a l
production
Waste from animal
husbandry
Waste from other agriculture
Waste from integrated Ecological
waste mgt.
alchemy Restoration
Waste from beer industry
Waste from coffee industry
Wastes from... ?
20. WASTE USEFUL
INPUTS OUTPUTS
Waste from forest
management Medicine
Waste from grain and hay f u n g a l
production Animal feed
Waste from animal
husbandry
Waste from other agriculture
Waste from integrated Ecological
waste mgt.
alchemy Restoration
Waste from beer industry
Waste from coffee industry
Wastes from... ?
21. WASTE USEFUL
INPUTS OUTPUTS
Waste from forest
management Medicine
Waste from grain and hay f u n g a l
production Animal feed
Waste from animal
husbandry
Waste from other agriculture
Waste from integrated Ecological
waste mgt.
alchemy Restoration
Waste from beer industry
Ecological Synergy
Waste from coffee industry
Wastes from... ?
22. WASTE USEFUL
INPUTS OUTPUTS
Waste from forest
management Medicine
Waste from grain and hay f u n g a l
production Animal feed
Waste from animal
husbandry
Waste from other agriculture
FOOD
Waste from integrated Ecological
waste mgt.
alchemy Restoration
Waste from beer industry
Ecological Synergy
Waste from coffee industry
Wastes from... ?
23. WASTE USEFUL
INPUTS OUTPUTS
Waste from forest
management Medicine
Waste from grain and hay f u n g a l
production Animal feed
Waste from animal
husbandry
Waste from other agriculture
FOOD
Waste from integrated Ecological
waste mgt.
alchemy Restoration
Waste from beer industry
Ecological Synergy
Waste from coffee industry
Wastes from... ? What else?
29. Other SustainableYields...
Pest biocontrols
Food processing
Plant crop symbiosis
Blight protection
Degradation of toxins
30. Other SustainableYields...
Pest biocontrols
Food processing
Plant crop symbiosis
Blight protection
Degradation of toxins
Dyes
31. Other SustainableYields...
Pest biocontrols
Food processing
Plant crop symbiosis
Blight protection
Degradation of toxins
Dyes
Fabric & paper
32. Other SustainableYields...
Pest biocontrols
Food processing
Plant crop symbiosis
Blight protection
Degradation of toxins
Dyes
Fabric & paper
Tinder
82. WASTE USEFUL
INPUTS OUTPUTS
Waste from forest
management Medicine
Waste from grain and hay f u n g a l
production Animal feed
Waste from animal
husbandry
Waste from other agriculture
FOOD
Waste from integrated Ecological
waste mgt.
alchemy Restoration
Waste from beer industry
Ecological Synergy
Waste from coffee industry
Wastes from... ? What else?
smart like a
honey mushroom...
117. From Sterile to Wild Culture
Sterile Wild
High
Fragility
Low
118. From Sterile to Wild Culture
Sterile Wild
High
Fragility
Low
Low
Resilience
High
119. From Sterile to Wild Culture
Sterile Wild
High
Fragility
Low
Low
Resilience
High
Low
Species & Genetic Diversity
High
120. From Sterile to Wild Culture
Sterile Wild
High
Fragility
Low
Low
Resilience
High
Low
Species & Genetic Diversity
High
High
Capital & Infrastructure Low
121. From Sterile to Wild Culture
Sterile Wild
High
Fragility
Low
Low
Resilience
High
Low
Species & Genetic Diversity
High
High
Capital & Infrastructure Low
High
Energy Inputs
Low
122. From Sterile to Wild Culture
Sterile Wild
High
Fragility
Low
Low
Resilience
High
Low
Species & Genetic Diversity
High
High
Capital & Infrastructure Low
High
Energy Inputs
Low
High
Amount of Management Required Low/None
123. From Sterile to Wild Culture
Sterile Wild
High
Fragility
Low
Low
Resilience
High
Low
Species & Genetic Diversity
High
High
Capital & Infrastructure Low
High
Energy Inputs
Low
High
Amount of Management Required Low/None
High
Predictability / Reliability
Low
124. From Sterile to Wild Culture
Sterile Wild
High
Fragility
Low
Low
Resilience
High
Low
Species & Genetic Diversity
High
High
Capital & Infrastructure Low
High
Energy Inputs
Low
High
Amount of Management Required Low/None
High
Predictability / Reliability
Low
High
Yields for Human Use
Low
125. From Sterile to Wild Culture
Sterile Wild
MYCOSCAPING
High
Fragility
Low
Low
Resilience
High
Low
Species & Genetic Diversity
High
High
Capital & Infrastructure Low
High
Energy Inputs
Low
High
Amount of Management Required Low/None
High
Predictability / Reliability
Low
High
Yields for Human Use
Low
140. Principles and Directives
I N N OVAT I O N
Experiment and document
Find the sweet spot on sterile-wild spectrum
141. Principles and Directives
I N N OVAT I O N
Experiment and document
Find the sweet spot on sterile-wild spectrum
BIOCONVERSION
Fungal exosymbionts:
Intercept a local surplus or ‘waste’ stream
142. Principles and Directives
I N N OVAT I O N
Experiment and document
Find the sweet spot on sterile-wild spectrum
BIOCONVERSION
Fungal exosymbionts:
Intercept a local surplus or ‘waste’ stream
GO REGIONAL
Support local spawn producers
Propagate regional strains
143. Principles and Directives
I N N OVAT I O N
Experiment and document
Find the sweet spot on sterile-wild spectrum
BIOCONVERSION
Fungal exosymbionts:
Intercept a local surplus or ‘waste’ stream
GO REGIONAL
Support local spawn producers
Propagate regional strains
LANDSCAPE SYNERGY
Integrate components to tighten nutrient cycles
Accelerate decomposition
Produce food and medicine everywhere
First show up ~1.5 bil BP • Established ~400 mil BP
Estimated 1.5 million species
~90,000 species named • ~7,000 species cultured
So that’s our ancestry - let’s look at what our relationship has been like more recently
First show up ~1.5 bil BP • Established ~400 mil BP
Estimated 1.5 million species
~90,000 species named • ~7,000 species cultured
So that’s our ancestry - let’s look at what our relationship has been like more recently
First show up ~1.5 bil BP • Established ~400 mil BP
Estimated 1.5 million species
~90,000 species named • ~7,000 species cultured
So that’s our ancestry - let’s look at what our relationship has been like more recently
First show up ~1.5 bil BP • Established ~400 mil BP
Estimated 1.5 million species
~90,000 species named • ~7,000 species cultured
So that’s our ancestry - let’s look at what our relationship has been like more recently
Compared to history of domestication of other kingdoms...
1500 vs. 10,000
Very exciting time to be working with fungi!
These ants & termites use fungi the way ruminants, and other termite species use bacteria
Endosymbiont vs. exosymbiont
Society as an organism
Pc = learning from wild nature
We diverge from wild nature because we are pushing ecosystems
So we look for the roles that fungi play in wild ecosystems
PLUS MANY ‘fungi imperfecti’
w/o fruiting bodies
Tighten nutrient cycles • Acquire nutrients from saprophytic fungi
Food source for vertebrates and soil food web • Contribute to soil structure, mechanically (a little) and glomulin
Alter quantity and quality of soil carbon
“The decomposition of lignocellulose is probably the single most important degradative event in the Earth's carbon cycle.”
About 2200 acres in size
Up to 8500 years old
in Malheur National Forest in Eastern Oregon
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We need to get smart like that Armillaria, smart like those termites
non-mycorrhizal symbiosis
Recalcitrant carbon - many contaminant compounds have similar bonds to lignin
External digestion
1. Physical: penetration, high surface-to-cell ratio
2. Extracellular: higher concentration of toxics,
insoluble compounds (allows fungi to chew more than they can bite off,)
3. Signaling independent of toxin, and non-specific
Non-specific methods for degrading lignin
Enzyme driven
More well studied
Cellulose and hemicellulose
Not as well studied
spawn or bulk substrate mixed with contaminated substrate
Polyaromatic hydrocarbons, chlorinated phenols, nitroaromatics, dyes and many other environmental toxins have been biotransformed or mineralized by P. chrysosporium, sometimes in complex mixtures of xenobiotics
DDT, TNT
Science in it’s infancy
BRAINSTORM: why are they suited for the urban landscape?
creating soil -- remediating soil -- food everywhere --
abundant waste streams --