For the mycophiles. Grow mushrooms at home. A ritual, from cultivation to table. Fungi, you beauty!
Mycelia House is a home for the unseen threads of our earth. Mycelium.
Older than memory. Carried on the wind until it finds a soil that will hold it. Given the right conditions, it becomes the shape we call a mushroom.
Like a woven tapestry, they thread, weave, and connect. They spread, grow, and decompose.
Fungi were here first. Disassemblers, quietly turning ending into beginning.
A vessel for growing mushrooms.
Designed to bring the beauty of fungi into more homes.
Inspired by the humble DIY bucket grow and cardboard spray-and-grow kits, Mycelia House reimagines mushroom cultivation as something that can live openly in the home. Not hidden away, but part of the everyday.
The design is intended as a simple framework to begin the cultivation path. A starting point to get your hands on, learn how mushrooms grow and cycle, and build confidence through practice. From there, you can branch out, like fungi, and experiment with different ways of growing.
The mushroom mix.
The vessel works with ready-to-fruit substrate, which is supplied separately and curated for easy-to-grow, side-fruiting oyster mushroom varieties. You can remove the lid to explore top-fruiting too, or, as you gain confidence, experiment with making your own substrate mix.
Ruffle Farm, based in St Peters, are our mushroom-growing partners. They supply tasty shrooms to some of your favourite restaurants across Sydney’s Inner West.
Not a still life. A living one.
"I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order." — John Burroughs.
Small Batches. Made in Sydney, Australia.
Created by hand and machine through processes of ceramic 3D printing and slip casting. Every piece is unique.
The ceramic 3D printed vessel is printed of 100 layers and 300,000mm of filament.
Subtle variations are part of the process. Small air bubbles, surface marks, texture variations and slight differences between components may occur.
These do not affect functionality and are a natural expression of the material and making process. These details are not imperfections, but part of what makes each mycelia house its own.
Grown through connections.
Mycelia House began as Caity Duffus’ Industrial Design Honours project in 2020 and has since grown into a small-scale commercial offering rooted in craft.
Mycelia House has been shaped by a generous and growing network of collaborators, mentors, and supporters, and the intention is for this to continue expanding. If you would like to connect, reach out [here].
This project has been supported by Powerhouse Museum through the Carl Nielsen Accelerator Program. Read more about this experience [here].
Care. Connection. Communication. Creativity. Cultivation.
Company values inspired by mycelium.
Top: Chocolate Oyster side-fruiting, Enoki top-fruiting
Bottom: Enoki top-fruiting
Before you begin
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No. Oyster mushrooms and our curated varieties are considered the easiest varieties to grow, and Mycelia House needs no extra equipment beyond a spray bottle.
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Pinning usually starts 5–7 days after activation. First harvest is typically ready around two weeks in.
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No, natural light is enough. Keep it out of direct sun and away from heating or air conditioning.
More questions? → full FAQ page [here]
