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Sarah Spina-Matthews

Ashes to ashes, mushrooms to dust: a very green goodbye

A Sydney woman has become the first person in Australia to be buried in a coffin made from mycelium. (PR IMAGE PHOTO)

When Sydney woman Carolyn died, her family were looking for a way to bury her that reflected her life.

On Friday, the 70-year-old became the first person in Australia to be buried in a coffin made from mycelium - the underground root network of mushrooms.

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