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Preliminary Research and Documentation

The following research and documentation is meant to get this project started. Please consider this a work in progress. Significant work is needed to move this project forward.

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Fungi

Fungi are found in nature as single-celled organisms, like yeast, and as multi celled organisms, like mushrooms.  They are found in places where there is moisture. Mushrooms are made up of strands of cells called hyphae. Fungi play an important part in the decomposition process, breaking down complex organic matter into soluble nutrients, like simple sugars, nitrates and phosphates.

Mycelium

The main part of the fungus is the mycelium. Mycelium lives inside a substrate such as wood, and straw. They are root-like structures that mushrooms grow out of. Mushrooms are actually just a small visible part of the organism. Mushrooms do not reproduce like plants do. They reproduce by spores. These spores germinate to produce a mass of interwoven, single-cell wide, root-like structures known as hyphae. Collectively, masses of hyphae are known as the mycelium.

 

 

 

 

Licensing

This project is being developed as an open-source project with the following licensing:

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