Who knew decor made out of mushrooms could look so elegant?

That was our thought last summer when we walked into Danielle Trofe’sstudio in Industry City. Her MushLume collection of lamps is in part derived from mycelium, the filaments that make up the mass of a mushroom. The textured off-white lampshades, in varying shapes and sizes, cut a distinct figure.

In addition to creating those mushroom lamps, Trofe, whom we named Scientist of the Year at the 2016 Brooklyn Innovation Awards, has been an ambassador of sorts for the materials science behind them. She’s partnered with Ecovative, the company behind the grow-it-yourself mycelium mix she uses in her designs, to host workshops (including one this reporter attended last year) on how to work with mycelium to mold your own objects.

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