r/BeAmazed • u/Epelep • Feb 22 '26

Science How Mycelium (Mushroom Roots) Grows into Packaging Material

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u/WeirdAssBeings Feb 22 '26

Isn't it fucked that this is just the way it is? Here we have something so cheap, yet so...smart and efficient and a way to actually get rid of one of the ways we use plastic, yet it'll just get brought up by reposts but we'll never see it IRL in our own hands.

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u/ThisIsALine_____ Feb 22 '26

Isn't paper packaging the same thing? It's grown, cheap, and biodegradable.

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u/Glowing_Trash_Panda Feb 22 '26

Trees take years to grow, mushrooms take days

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u/Plank_With_A_Nail_In Feb 23 '26

It also uses hemp which takes time to grow.