Yellow and orange mushroom mural spreading through the ruins of an abandoned building, part of the Fungi Fresh art project by Dominik Hebestreit

Coming from the underground

Urban Mycelium is not about mushrooms.

Mushrooms became the lens through which I began to understand hidden connections.

What began with fungi evolved into an artistic practice exploring networks, relationships, cities, nature and the invisible systems that connect them.

Everything is Connected

Urban Mycelium did not begin with a project. It began with curiosity. What started as long walks through forests and an unexpected fascination with fungi slowly became something much bigger.

The deeper I explored the hidden world beneath our feet, the more I discovered that mycelium is far more than a biological phenomenon. It is a way of thinking about relationships, cooperation and invisible connections.

Somewhere along the way I realised something else. Yes, spending years thinking about fungi probably makes me a bit of a mushroom nerd. I'm perfectly fine with that.

Because the more I learned, the more I began to recognise similar patterns everywhere: in cities, in graffiti culture, in architecture, in ecology and in the invisible networks that connect people and places.

Mushrooms became the lens through which I started looking at the world differently.

Today this artistic practice explores the hidden systems that shape our environment. Murals, installations, found objects and series are all different expressions of the same ongoing research: revealing connections that often remain unseen.

Intricate black-and-white drawing of a dense branching mycelium network by artist Dominik Hebestreit

Urban Mycelium explores the hidden relationships between:

Nature & Cities

People & Architecture

Culture & Ecology

Systems & Transformation

Participatory mapping process visualizing connections between people, places, ecosystems and urban culture.
Urban Mycelium network map connecting active, collaborative and emerging project nodes across Europe and India

Selected Urban Mycelium Projects

Kopstal Luxembourg 2026Ölberg InternationalMushroom HouseAbandoned CorridorIndustrial InteriorGesundheitstraße
Urban Mycelium reveals the hidden networks connecting cities, ecology and people through murals,
installations and participatory projects.

Mushroom House — Königshöhe, Fungi Fresh, Wuppertal 2023
MUSHROOM HOUSE — KÖNIGSHÖHE

Urban Mycelium mural transforming architecture through fungal and ecological storytelling.
View all projects →Fruiting Bodies →Found Surfaces →Track Plates →
Large orange mushroom mural with branching white mycelium, human figures and an urban landscape in Luxembourg
LUXEMBOURG KOPSTAL

Urban Mycelium mural revealing invisible connections between people, nature and cities.
Large yellow, orange and white textile installation inspired by mushroom forms, suspended from a tree in Wuppertal
Temporary installation exploring fungal structures, shelter,
participation and ecological storytelling in public space.
Participants drawing on a large yellow and orange clog sculpture during an Urban Mycelium workshop at Saale
SAHLE PANTOFFEL
Participatory artwork encouraging curiosity, interaction and engagement with local environments.


Available for murals, installations, workshops and collaborative urban ecology projects.

COLLABORATION

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Urban Mycelium grows through new places, new people and new collaborations.

Become part of a growing network of artistic research, ecology and urban transformation.

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Urban Mycelium doesn't offer answers.

It invites us to discover the hidden relationships that connect nature, cities, people and culture.

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