The House That Spores Built, potential new building material discovered - Polidicks

Now I can finally live like an elf.

[QUOTE=mecaguy03;46030625]It probably a bit more fire resistant than wood, as I imagine it is denser and not as porous. If the fungus is still alive it probably would be less flammable because it would contain a certain amount of water.[/QUOTE] you can almost bet, that it would get chemical treatment to make it much less flammable.

Wonder if you could shape the hemp fibres or corn shalks into a large solid free-standing structures with a temporary or digestible adhesive, support it with scaffolding, and then get the fungi to solidify the form

i'd hold off on our imagination guys, this material has not had any testing from the ASCE or NCSEA. once it gets some results then we can see how practical the material really is.

[QUOTE=Buck.;46030655]Shave a slice of your house to go with your bacon and eggs for breakfast, mmm.[/QUOTE] Its food or shelter man take your pick

[QUOTE=ZpankR;46030270]that looks absolutely disgusting[/QUOTE] uh put some fucking paint on that shit yo, it'll look fabulous [editline]20th September 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=bravehat;46032015]Couldn't we just skip the whole bricks part, and just literally grow a house out of it?[/QUOTE] Grow a huge fucking mushroom carve out your furniture and living space how-to-build-a-house 101 [editline]20th September 2014[/editline] I'd actually legitimately like a house built out of this, assuming it's affordable and well-insulated.

Well I guess you dont have to worry about mold

[QUOTE=trollbuster;46031084]Its thinking like this that gets us into trouble.[/QUOTE] Well, no... We've been cutting down and regrowing forests to provide building materials for centuries, wood has been a sustainable and renewable resource far longer than the term has existed. Sand is all but unlimited in supply, worst case you might exhaust local supplies and have to transport it.

is that a japandroids reference or am i just naive

The word spores is tingling my allergies. How would they affect the air we breathe?

[QUOTE=Hawke7;46037420]The word spores is tingling my allergies. How would they affect the air we breathe?[/QUOTE] if they are pressed blocks and coated with plant enameling probabably wouldn't be noticeable at all. if they break probably dusty as hell.

[QUOTE=TheKingofBees;46037478]if they are pressed blocks and coated with plant enameling probabably wouldn't be noticeable at all. if they break probably dusty as hell.[/QUOTE] Even without all of that I'm sure the insulation+drywall would be sufficient to prevent any allergic reaction. I'm pretty sure they'd even cover the outside, probably with a form of stucco.

[QUOTE=Hawke7;46037420]The word spores is tingling my allergies. How would they affect the air we breathe?[/QUOTE] Considering the fact that the fungus would be dead, I don't think you'd have to worry about spores. [editline]21st September 2014[/editline] You know I just thought of something. If this shit is bulletproof, we could potentially use it to replace the ceramic plates underneath body armor.

[QUOTE=TornadoAP;46039773]Considering the fact that the fungus would be dead, I don't think you'd have to worry about spores. [editline]21st September 2014[/editline] You know I just thought of something. If this shit is bulletproof, we could potentially use it to replace the ceramic plates underneath body armor.[/QUOTE] That sounds like a rad idea. I wonder if testing will bear this out and make it a reality.

[QUOTE=Trebgarta;46041656]Nobody regrows forests Look at the forest extend maps of 0-2014 or even 0-1700s, see the HUGE difference humans have made[/QUOTE] Uh, hi. The US is calling. We've cut down the vast majority of every forest in [I]our entire country[/I] and replanted it. It's a law, actually. For every tree logged, a company has to replant two or more. Also, ever hear of the great plains? Yeah, not so much plains anymore. Forests. [B]Edit:[/B] As for his point about sand, it's about as logical as using corn as fuel instead of food. We're doing everything ass-backwards a thousand ways to sunday.

[QUOTE=AlexConnor;46036642]Well, no... We've been cutting down and regrowing forests to provide building materials for centuries, wood has been a sustainable and renewable resource far longer than the term has existed. Sand is all but unlimited in supply, worst case you might exhaust local supplies and have to transport it.[/QUOTE] Which is why forests are shrinking by the day

I just imagine all those "biological" structures from alien movies, where everything is rounded and goopy. This is where it starts, next we start crawling on the ceilings and eating space voyagers.

[QUOTE=SIRIUS;46042530]Which is why forests are shrinking by the day[/QUOTE] The Amazonian forest for instance is shrinking because people are cutting it down to replace it with crops. If you use a forest as a resource for wood then you keep planting new trees and it's renewable.