The author explores the use of tridimensional filamentous fungi patterns to produce biopaintings. The painting process involves incorporation of food dyes into a fungi growth medium. Then, after some biochemical processes, the fungal forms are dehydrated and immobilized in polyester resin. Changes in colors and texture occur, resulting in lively images.

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Special Section: Art and Biology
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"Life is always changing"

In this movie, natural fungi growth creates and destroys the message “life is art”. The letters slowly emerge from an empty red frame, but the original message is progressively destroyed by the voracity of the mycelium that, by the end, occupies the entire screen. (© Patricia Noronha da Costa)

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