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How plausible would buildings made inside of, or made using, giant mushrooms be?A series of giant nail-like mushroom towers stand on the top of a moutain with doors, windows and balconies carved into the mushrooms



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A staple of the fatasy genre, mushrooms have commonly been seen as magical and unusual. Often we see houses and structures made inside of these mushrooms by magical or nature-loving individuals, but how possible would this be?



If we assume that they could grow (either through magical or natural means) could you make a house inside of, or using, the giant mushrooms? To qualify as a house, it needs to be someone’s permanent place of residence and contain at least one room.










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How plausible would buildings made inside of, or made using, giant mushrooms be?A series of giant nail-like mushroom towers stand on the top of a moutain with doors, windows and balconies carved into the mushrooms



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A staple of the fatasy genre, mushrooms have commonly been seen as magical and unusual. Often we see houses and structures made inside of these mushrooms by magical or nature-loving individuals, but how possible would this be?



If we assume that they could grow (either through magical or natural means) could you make a house inside of, or using, the giant mushrooms? To qualify as a house, it needs to be someone’s permanent place of residence and contain at least one room.










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How plausible would buildings made inside of, or made using, giant mushrooms be?A series of giant nail-like mushroom towers stand on the top of a moutain with doors, windows and balconies carved into the mushrooms



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If we assume that they could grow (either through magical or natural means) could you make a house inside of, or using, the giant mushrooms? To qualify as a house, it needs to be someone’s permanent place of residence and contain at least one room.










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How plausible would buildings made inside of, or made using, giant mushrooms be?A series of giant nail-like mushroom towers stand on the top of a moutain with doors, windows and balconies carved into the mushrooms



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If we assume that they could grow (either through magical or natural means) could you make a house inside of, or using, the giant mushrooms? To qualify as a house, it needs to be someone’s permanent place of residence and contain at least one room.







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Prototaxites!



Fossil mushrooms are rarities. Mushrooms are the fungal equivalent of flowers - spongy, ephemeral, disposable bodies generated to serve a reproductive need. You could not use mushrooms for wood.



The prototaxites were not mushrooms. They were large and substantial; up to 7 meters high.



prototaxite fossil
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/long-before-trees-overtook-the-land-earth-was-covered-by-giant-mushrooms-13709647/



They were not temporary structures like mushrooms, but perennial like trees. I deduce this from the presence of growth rings in the fossil prototaxites.



growth rings in fossil prototaxite
https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Transversely-sectioned-Prototaxites-fossil-This-overview-image-originating-from-a_fig1_51174561



The presence of rings means this structure endured shifts in growing conditions over time. This thing was there for many seasons. On earth, that means it weathered storms and wind: no small feat for an upright thing this size.



There is an analogous modern fungus: the bracket fungus aka "shelf fungus".



shelf fungus



The shelf is also a spore-making body but a permanent one, and it also can persist many seasons, laying down growth rings with the seasons. Bracket fungi are as tough as wood.



https://herbarium.usu.edu/fun-with-fungi/shelf-fungi




Woody shelves may be several years old. They add a new layer of spore
tissue every growing season. The old layer is covered by the new one.
These layers look like growth rings in a tree. One author reported
counting 37 rings. Ten layers may mean the shelf is 10 years-old if
there is only one growing season (spring). If there are two growing
seasons per year (spring and fall), it may only be 5 years-old.



One of the largest shelves weighs 300 pounds…



Woody shelves are impossible to break with your hands and difficult to
cut. This toughness results from the kinds of hyphae (filaments) that
are used to construct the shelf. Easily crushed mushrooms are made of
thin-walled hyphae. Some of the hyphae in woody shelves are
thick-walled and the hyphae are interwoven making them tougher. They
resist tearing or splitting because there are no planes to split along
in the tissue.




A bracket fungus large enough could be used for wood. The medium to small ones are used to make real shelves and durable beads.



It is reasonable to assume the prototaxites were of a composition similar to modern bracket fungi and so suitable for use as a wood equivalent. A redwood-sized Prototaxite could be hollowed out and used as a dwelling.






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    Buildings made out of mushrooms already exist, so I would say that the plausibility is very high. The vegetative part of the fungus, called mycelium, can be fashioned into to "bricks" by growing them in brick shaped molds and adding in some corn husks. Using these "bricks" a builder can construct many different types of buildings.






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    The thing about mushrooms is that they grow on decay; on dead wood, plant matter and organic waste. They require either the fuel of other plants, or the symbiosis with them. In the latter case, there would either have to be millennia of cultivation and harmony between the humans and mushrooms, allowing for enough food to be provided to the mushrooms to allow for them to grow and be relatively stable. Or, trees that are large enough to support mushroom tree-houses.



    So to try and answer your question, I think growing house sized mushrooms is out of the question, esp. wrt their decay cycles and relative softness. However, mushroom mattresses growing on trees could be a nice substitute.






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    Prototaxites!



    Fossil mushrooms are rarities. Mushrooms are the fungal equivalent of flowers - spongy, ephemeral, disposable bodies generated to serve a reproductive need. You could not use mushrooms for wood.



    The prototaxites were not mushrooms. They were large and substantial; up to 7 meters high.



    prototaxite fossil
    https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/long-before-trees-overtook-the-land-earth-was-covered-by-giant-mushrooms-13709647/



    They were not temporary structures like mushrooms, but perennial like trees. I deduce this from the presence of growth rings in the fossil prototaxites.



    growth rings in fossil prototaxite
    https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Transversely-sectioned-Prototaxites-fossil-This-overview-image-originating-from-a_fig1_51174561



    The presence of rings means this structure endured shifts in growing conditions over time. This thing was there for many seasons. On earth, that means it weathered storms and wind: no small feat for an upright thing this size.



    There is an analogous modern fungus: the bracket fungus aka "shelf fungus".



    shelf fungus



    The shelf is also a spore-making body but a permanent one, and it also can persist many seasons, laying down growth rings with the seasons. Bracket fungi are as tough as wood.



    https://herbarium.usu.edu/fun-with-fungi/shelf-fungi




    Woody shelves may be several years old. They add a new layer of spore
    tissue every growing season. The old layer is covered by the new one.
    These layers look like growth rings in a tree. One author reported
    counting 37 rings. Ten layers may mean the shelf is 10 years-old if
    there is only one growing season (spring). If there are two growing
    seasons per year (spring and fall), it may only be 5 years-old.



    One of the largest shelves weighs 300 pounds…



    Woody shelves are impossible to break with your hands and difficult to
    cut. This toughness results from the kinds of hyphae (filaments) that
    are used to construct the shelf. Easily crushed mushrooms are made of
    thin-walled hyphae. Some of the hyphae in woody shelves are
    thick-walled and the hyphae are interwoven making them tougher. They
    resist tearing or splitting because there are no planes to split along
    in the tissue.




    A bracket fungus large enough could be used for wood. The medium to small ones are used to make real shelves and durable beads.



    It is reasonable to assume the prototaxites were of a composition similar to modern bracket fungi and so suitable for use as a wood equivalent. A redwood-sized Prototaxite could be hollowed out and used as a dwelling.






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      Prototaxites!



      Fossil mushrooms are rarities. Mushrooms are the fungal equivalent of flowers - spongy, ephemeral, disposable bodies generated to serve a reproductive need. You could not use mushrooms for wood.



      The prototaxites were not mushrooms. They were large and substantial; up to 7 meters high.



      prototaxite fossil
      https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/long-before-trees-overtook-the-land-earth-was-covered-by-giant-mushrooms-13709647/



      They were not temporary structures like mushrooms, but perennial like trees. I deduce this from the presence of growth rings in the fossil prototaxites.



      growth rings in fossil prototaxite
      https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Transversely-sectioned-Prototaxites-fossil-This-overview-image-originating-from-a_fig1_51174561



      The presence of rings means this structure endured shifts in growing conditions over time. This thing was there for many seasons. On earth, that means it weathered storms and wind: no small feat for an upright thing this size.



      There is an analogous modern fungus: the bracket fungus aka "shelf fungus".



      shelf fungus



      The shelf is also a spore-making body but a permanent one, and it also can persist many seasons, laying down growth rings with the seasons. Bracket fungi are as tough as wood.



      https://herbarium.usu.edu/fun-with-fungi/shelf-fungi




      Woody shelves may be several years old. They add a new layer of spore
      tissue every growing season. The old layer is covered by the new one.
      These layers look like growth rings in a tree. One author reported
      counting 37 rings. Ten layers may mean the shelf is 10 years-old if
      there is only one growing season (spring). If there are two growing
      seasons per year (spring and fall), it may only be 5 years-old.



      One of the largest shelves weighs 300 pounds…



      Woody shelves are impossible to break with your hands and difficult to
      cut. This toughness results from the kinds of hyphae (filaments) that
      are used to construct the shelf. Easily crushed mushrooms are made of
      thin-walled hyphae. Some of the hyphae in woody shelves are
      thick-walled and the hyphae are interwoven making them tougher. They
      resist tearing or splitting because there are no planes to split along
      in the tissue.




      A bracket fungus large enough could be used for wood. The medium to small ones are used to make real shelves and durable beads.



      It is reasonable to assume the prototaxites were of a composition similar to modern bracket fungi and so suitable for use as a wood equivalent. A redwood-sized Prototaxite could be hollowed out and used as a dwelling.






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        Prototaxites!



        Fossil mushrooms are rarities. Mushrooms are the fungal equivalent of flowers - spongy, ephemeral, disposable bodies generated to serve a reproductive need. You could not use mushrooms for wood.



        The prototaxites were not mushrooms. They were large and substantial; up to 7 meters high.



        prototaxite fossil
        https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/long-before-trees-overtook-the-land-earth-was-covered-by-giant-mushrooms-13709647/



        They were not temporary structures like mushrooms, but perennial like trees. I deduce this from the presence of growth rings in the fossil prototaxites.



        growth rings in fossil prototaxite
        https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Transversely-sectioned-Prototaxites-fossil-This-overview-image-originating-from-a_fig1_51174561



        The presence of rings means this structure endured shifts in growing conditions over time. This thing was there for many seasons. On earth, that means it weathered storms and wind: no small feat for an upright thing this size.



        There is an analogous modern fungus: the bracket fungus aka "shelf fungus".



        shelf fungus



        The shelf is also a spore-making body but a permanent one, and it also can persist many seasons, laying down growth rings with the seasons. Bracket fungi are as tough as wood.



        https://herbarium.usu.edu/fun-with-fungi/shelf-fungi




        Woody shelves may be several years old. They add a new layer of spore
        tissue every growing season. The old layer is covered by the new one.
        These layers look like growth rings in a tree. One author reported
        counting 37 rings. Ten layers may mean the shelf is 10 years-old if
        there is only one growing season (spring). If there are two growing
        seasons per year (spring and fall), it may only be 5 years-old.



        One of the largest shelves weighs 300 pounds…



        Woody shelves are impossible to break with your hands and difficult to
        cut. This toughness results from the kinds of hyphae (filaments) that
        are used to construct the shelf. Easily crushed mushrooms are made of
        thin-walled hyphae. Some of the hyphae in woody shelves are
        thick-walled and the hyphae are interwoven making them tougher. They
        resist tearing or splitting because there are no planes to split along
        in the tissue.




        A bracket fungus large enough could be used for wood. The medium to small ones are used to make real shelves and durable beads.



        It is reasonable to assume the prototaxites were of a composition similar to modern bracket fungi and so suitable for use as a wood equivalent. A redwood-sized Prototaxite could be hollowed out and used as a dwelling.






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        Prototaxites!



        Fossil mushrooms are rarities. Mushrooms are the fungal equivalent of flowers - spongy, ephemeral, disposable bodies generated to serve a reproductive need. You could not use mushrooms for wood.



        The prototaxites were not mushrooms. They were large and substantial; up to 7 meters high.



        prototaxite fossil
        https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/long-before-trees-overtook-the-land-earth-was-covered-by-giant-mushrooms-13709647/



        They were not temporary structures like mushrooms, but perennial like trees. I deduce this from the presence of growth rings in the fossil prototaxites.



        growth rings in fossil prototaxite
        https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Transversely-sectioned-Prototaxites-fossil-This-overview-image-originating-from-a_fig1_51174561



        The presence of rings means this structure endured shifts in growing conditions over time. This thing was there for many seasons. On earth, that means it weathered storms and wind: no small feat for an upright thing this size.



        There is an analogous modern fungus: the bracket fungus aka "shelf fungus".



        shelf fungus



        The shelf is also a spore-making body but a permanent one, and it also can persist many seasons, laying down growth rings with the seasons. Bracket fungi are as tough as wood.



        https://herbarium.usu.edu/fun-with-fungi/shelf-fungi




        Woody shelves may be several years old. They add a new layer of spore
        tissue every growing season. The old layer is covered by the new one.
        These layers look like growth rings in a tree. One author reported
        counting 37 rings. Ten layers may mean the shelf is 10 years-old if
        there is only one growing season (spring). If there are two growing
        seasons per year (spring and fall), it may only be 5 years-old.



        One of the largest shelves weighs 300 pounds…



        Woody shelves are impossible to break with your hands and difficult to
        cut. This toughness results from the kinds of hyphae (filaments) that
        are used to construct the shelf. Easily crushed mushrooms are made of
        thin-walled hyphae. Some of the hyphae in woody shelves are
        thick-walled and the hyphae are interwoven making them tougher. They
        resist tearing or splitting because there are no planes to split along
        in the tissue.




        A bracket fungus large enough could be used for wood. The medium to small ones are used to make real shelves and durable beads.



        It is reasonable to assume the prototaxites were of a composition similar to modern bracket fungi and so suitable for use as a wood equivalent. A redwood-sized Prototaxite could be hollowed out and used as a dwelling.







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            Buildings made out of mushrooms already exist, so I would say that the plausibility is very high. The vegetative part of the fungus, called mycelium, can be fashioned into to "bricks" by growing them in brick shaped molds and adding in some corn husks. Using these "bricks" a builder can construct many different types of buildings.






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            Buildings made out of mushrooms already exist, so I would say that the plausibility is very high. The vegetative part of the fungus, called mycelium, can be fashioned into to "bricks" by growing them in brick shaped molds and adding in some corn husks. Using these "bricks" a builder can construct many different types of buildings.






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            Buildings made out of mushrooms already exist, so I would say that the plausibility is very high. The vegetative part of the fungus, called mycelium, can be fashioned into to "bricks" by growing them in brick shaped molds and adding in some corn husks. Using these "bricks" a builder can construct many different types of buildings.






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            Buildings made out of mushrooms already exist, so I would say that the plausibility is very high. The vegetative part of the fungus, called mycelium, can be fashioned into to "bricks" by growing them in brick shaped molds and adding in some corn husks. Using these "bricks" a builder can construct many different types of buildings.







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            The thing about mushrooms is that they grow on decay; on dead wood, plant matter and organic waste. They require either the fuel of other plants, or the symbiosis with them. In the latter case, there would either have to be millennia of cultivation and harmony between the humans and mushrooms, allowing for enough food to be provided to the mushrooms to allow for them to grow and be relatively stable. Or, trees that are large enough to support mushroom tree-houses.



            So to try and answer your question, I think growing house sized mushrooms is out of the question, esp. wrt their decay cycles and relative softness. However, mushroom mattresses growing on trees could be a nice substitute.






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            The thing about mushrooms is that they grow on decay; on dead wood, plant matter and organic waste. They require either the fuel of other plants, or the symbiosis with them. In the latter case, there would either have to be millennia of cultivation and harmony between the humans and mushrooms, allowing for enough food to be provided to the mushrooms to allow for them to grow and be relatively stable. Or, trees that are large enough to support mushroom tree-houses.



            So to try and answer your question, I think growing house sized mushrooms is out of the question, esp. wrt their decay cycles and relative softness. However, mushroom mattresses growing on trees could be a nice substitute.






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            So to try and answer your question, I think growing house sized mushrooms is out of the question, esp. wrt their decay cycles and relative softness. However, mushroom mattresses growing on trees could be a nice substitute.






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            The thing about mushrooms is that they grow on decay; on dead wood, plant matter and organic waste. They require either the fuel of other plants, or the symbiosis with them. In the latter case, there would either have to be millennia of cultivation and harmony between the humans and mushrooms, allowing for enough food to be provided to the mushrooms to allow for them to grow and be relatively stable. Or, trees that are large enough to support mushroom tree-houses.



            So to try and answer your question, I think growing house sized mushrooms is out of the question, esp. wrt their decay cycles and relative softness. However, mushroom mattresses growing on trees could be a nice substitute.







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