“The road to Mars leads through a fungus,” shares MycoWorks co-founder and CTO, Phil Ross. In this episode, Xevi Gallego, VP of Brand and Marketing and host, takes us on an inspiring conversation with artist, chef, entrepreneur and mycelium pioneer, Phil Ross. Phil shares his initial exploration with mycelium, the similarities between cooking and growing mushrooms, how his background as an artist shaped the way in which he learned and experienced mycelium, and how MycoWorks is becoming an art piece of its own.
In this episode:
04:00 - Phil’s background as a professional chef and the similarities between cooking and mycelium growing
14:00 - Growing a mushroom tea house: the moment people grasped the utility of mycelium as a material
20:00 - MycoWorks: a living organism that’s growing in unexpected directions
26:00 - The challenge and difficulty of bringing a new material into the world
36:22 - Mycelium in outer space
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