Woman laid to rest in coffin made from mushrooms in Australian first

The mushroom coffin, created by Loop Biotech, pictured at Sydney Harbour. Photograph: Loop Biotech

A woman has been buried in a coffin made from mushrooms in New South Wales in an eco-friendly first for Australia.

Carolyn, whose surname was withheld for privacy reasons, was laid to rest on Friday by friends and family at Springwood Cemetery in the Blue Mountains. She was aged in her 70s.