Mini-Mycophone, Ljubljana

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Photo by Helena Božič.

Workshops leaders:

Saša Spačal (SI)

Assistants:

Dr. Mirjan Švagelj, Kristjan Tkalec

Info for the LabBook

Pocket booklet with instructions for building MiniMycophone. (PDF will be added.)

Workshop

MiniMycophone, biohacked music box

Authors: Saša Spačal, Dr. Mirjan Švagelj, Anil Podgornik

Short Description aka Kratek opis

Workshop about the importance of mushrooms in our ecosystem, their cultivation and building of biohacked music box - MiniMycophone.

Delavnica predstavitve pomena gob v ekosistemu, gojenja gob in izgradnja bio-hakirane glasbene skrinjice - MiniMycophona.

Glossary

Mycelium

Mycelium (plural mycelia) is the vegetative part of a fungus, consisting of a mass of branching, thread-like hyphae. The mass of hyphae is sometimes called shiro, especially within the fairy ring fungi. Fungal colonies composed of mycelia are found in soil and on or within many other substrates. A typical single spore germinates into a homokaryotic mycelium, which cannot reproduce sexually; when two compatible homokaryotic mycelia join and form a dikaryotic mycelium, that mycelium may form fruiting bodies such as mushrooms. A mycelium may be minute, forming a colony that is too small to see, or it may be extensive, some call it the largest organism in the world.

Agar

Agar or agar-agar is a gelatinous substance derived by boiling a polysaccharide in red algae, where it accumulates in the cell walls of agarophyte and serves as the primary structural support for the algae's cell walls.Agar is a mixture of two components: the linear polysaccharide agarose, and a heterogeneous mixture of smaller molecules called agaropectin. Throughout history into modern times, agar has been chiefly used as an ingredient in desserts throughout Asia and also as a solid substrate to contain culture medium for microbiological work.

Oyster Mushroom aka Pleurotus

Pleurotus is a genus of gilled mushrooms which includes one of the most widely eaten mushrooms, P. ostreatus. Species of Pleurotus may be called oyster, abalone, or tree mushrooms, and are some of the most commonly cultivated edible mushrooms in the world. Pleurotus fungi have been used in mycoremediation of pollutants such as petroleum and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.

Main Used Materials

General Tools

soldering iron, lab equipment (Petri dishes, Bunsen burner, electrical stove)

Sound System

speakers, sound circuit, battery

Growth System

agar, sawdust, oyster mushrooms

Boxing System

forex

Target Participants

Age group: +14

Number of participants: 8 - 10

Interests: mushrooms, cultivation of mushrooms, sound circuits, electronics, biohacking

Schedule

Date: Saturday, 20. April 2013

Duration: 5, 6 hours

Location

Biotehna, Ljubljana, Slovenia