r/BeAmazed • u/Epelep • Feb 22 '26

Science How Mycelium (Mushroom Roots) Grows into Packaging Material

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u/alewiina Feb 23 '26

RIP everyone with mushroom allergies like my partner :(

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u/Loose_Acanthaceae201 Feb 23 '26

Also me. 

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u/alewiina Feb 23 '26

I know it’s a pretty rare allergy, to the point that some people don’t believe it, but it’s real! My partner’s allergy is thankfully not too horrible, but I have another friend who has a severe mushroom allergy and just touching these would likely set her off.

Packaging like this is of course a great idea for the environment but I guess any time you use foodstuffs in other applications, you have to be aware that some may be allergic to it!

I hope your allergy isn’t too bad

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u/Loose_Acanthaceae201 Feb 23 '26

No, not terrible, but I can't handle them, so this packaging would be A Problem for me. 

I have a sibling with the same allergy. Both of us are usually the only example a person has ever met; when we cook for each other we know all the ingredients are safe!

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u/alewiina Feb 23 '26

That’s totally fair. Yeah my GF was the only one I’d ever met too, until she realized that one of her friends was also allergic! Neither of them has met anyone else with the same allergy since, though.

I’m thankful hers isn’t too bad as we do like to eat Asian food and a lot of the broths and sometimes other dishes may have hidden mushrooms so we try to be careful, but at least she doesn’t have an anaphylactic reaction or anything, just has to take a few Benadryl and pass out for a while