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.

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

4. why mushrooms?

5. f u n g a l
alchemy

6. f u n g a l
WASTE
INPUTS
alchemy

7. f u n g a l
WASTE
INPUTS
alchemy

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?

24. Other SustainableYields...

25. Other SustainableYields...
Pest biocontrols

26. Other SustainableYields...
Pest biocontrols
Food processing

27. Other SustainableYields...
Pest biocontrols
Food processing
Plant crop symbiosis

28. Other SustainableYields...
Pest biocontrols
Food processing
Plant crop symbiosis
Blight protection

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

33. The Basics
fruiting
body

34. The Basics
pileus
fruiting
body

35. The Basics
pileus
fruiting
body stipe

36. The Basics
pileus
annulus
fruiting
body stipe

37. The Basics

38. The Basics
mycelium

39. The Basics
mycelium
on substrate

40. The Basics

41. The Basics

42. The Basics

43. Family Ties

44. Family Ties

45. Family Ties

46. Family Ties

47. Family Ties

48. Modern Industrial Cultivation
Last 20-80 Years
Button Mushroom

49. Modern Industrial Cultivation
Last 20-80 Years
Reishi
Shitake

50. Modern Industrial Cultivation
Last 20-80 Years
Oyster

51. Button Mushroom
Agaricus bisporus
France, 1600

52. Shitake
Lentinula edodes
China, ~1000 AD

53. Paddy Straw Mushroom
Volvariella volvaceae
~600 AD

54. this moment in history

55. Lepiota Termitomyces
by leaf-cutter ants by termites
~50 million YBP?

56. Niche Analysis

57. mycorrhizal fungi
the root zone conspiracy

62. mycorrhizal fungi
the root zone conspiracy
Steering succession

63. chanterelles
and associates
most
truffles
many gilled mushrooms
porcini and many
other boletes

64. saprophytic fungi
the recomposers

68. Armillaria sp.

70. Armillaria ostoyae

72. our symbiotic partners

73. Shitake
Lentinula edodes

74. Elm Oyster
Hypsyzigus ulmarius

75. Shaggy Mane
Coprinus comatus

76. Reishi
Ganoderma lucidum

77. Lions Mane
Hericium erinaceus

78. Morel
Morchella esculenta

79. Winecap
Stropharia rugosoannulata

80. Chicken mushroom
Laetiporeous sulfureus

81. Oyster
Pleurotus complex

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...

83. ‘Conventional’ Cultivation
Lifecycle

85. Isolating and growing a pure culture

86. Creating a grain master

87. Growing spawn

88. Multiplying spawn

89. Inoculation of bulk substrate

91. INCREASING VOLUME

92. INCREASING VOLUME
DECREASING NUTRIENTS

93. INCREASING VOLUME
DECREASING NUTRIENTS
DECREASING STERILITY

94. Sustainable, DIY, and
Homescale Production

95. Sustainable, DIY, and
Homescale Production
log culture

96. Sustainable, DIY, and
Homescale Production
stump culture

97. Sustainable, DIY, and
Homescale Production
stump culture?

98. Sustainable, DIY, and
Homescale Production
patch
culture

99. Sustainable, DIY, and
Homescale Production
garden bed
polyclture

101. Sustainable, DIY, and
Homescale Production
straw bale culture

102. Sustainable, DIY, and
Homescale Production
living tree
culture

103. Sustainable, DIY, and
Homescale Production
container
culture:
sawdust

104. Sustainable, DIY, and
Homescale Production
container culture:
waste paper

105. Sustainable, DIY, and
Homescale Production
...and assorted
others....

106. Remediation & Restoration

107. Remediation & Restoration
white rot and delignification

108. Remediation & Restoration
brown rot and cellulose digestion

109. Remediation & Restoration
Hydrocarbons
Pleurotus sp.

110. Remediation & Restoration
PCBs
Phanerochaete
chrysosporium

111. Remediation & Restoration
Dyes
Trametes versicolor

112. Remediation & Restoration
Munitions
Psilocybe cyanescens

113. Remediation & Restoration
Dairy effluent and
agricultural run-off
Stropharia rugusoannulata

114. Remediation & Restoration

115. why mushrooms
in the city?

116. From Sterile to Wild Culture
Sterile Wild

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

139. Principles and Directives

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

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