Designer Uses Fungus To Make Furniture

October 20, 2017 / 8:08 PM EDT / CBS Philadelphia

LONDON (CBS) — A London furniture designer is growing his latest creations from fungus.

Furniture maker Sebastian Cox mixes the mycelium from fungus and wood chips. The combination is placed in a mold to take shape.

Stools and lamp shades were his first creations. They took about 18 months to grow.

The items retail for about $400 a piece.