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Dave Golder

Un-fungi-believable! Artist creates a usable kayak out of mycelium

Funghi on an Oak tree branch at Rydal, Lake District.

Google, “What are kayaks made of?” and top hits include roto-molded polyethylene resins, thermoformed plastic, fiberglass, carbon, wood. But you’d have to go in for some deep-dive internet search voodoo before you came up with mushrooms as an option.

But it is possible. Sort of.

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