fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week agoThe man and the mushroom kayak: can a boat made from mycellim change the future/
His goal: to traverse the open ocean to San Pedro, just south of Los Angeles, some 26.4 miles away. But upon a closer look, Shoemaker's kayak was no ordinary kayak. Brown-ish yellow and bumpy in texture, it had been made or rather, grown entirely from mushrooms. His journey, if successful, would mark the world's longest open-water journey in a kayak built from this unique material.
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