Flies Draw Sugar From
2022

Flies Draw Sugar From involves a lion's mane mushroom, also known by the names mountain-priest and bearded tooth. Anxiety and sadness are known to be lessened with the help of lion's mane. This mushroom lived in a museum space where the light is strong and the air is cold, and needed extra support to grow. Gallery attendants and a friend's clothing gave the mushroom warmth and darkness. A provisional substance made of charms became nourishment for the mycelium. The first mushroom to grow here died.

recipe:

lion's mane mushroom growing on
sawdust,
vermiculite,
some of the last corn gluten feed in the world,
found on I-55,
one soybean,
gifted corn,
wet with tongue: flower seeds
circled in a magazine.
cub scout growth chart,
drawings of a foundation repair,
shirt button,
water from a drinking fountain that flows forever,
ordinary strain,
a friend's shirt,
two given glass jars,
darkness,
hygrometer,
heating pad,
pillow stuffing