Mushrooms & Friends 4 features still lifes of Ganoderma mushrooms cultivated by the artist Phyllis Ma. Ganoderma, a type of fungus that parasitizes hardwood trees, is a popular medicinal mushroom in East Asia. For this project, the specimens were grown in a small home lab, where some formed marshmallow-tipped antlers, and others, fan-like conks with porous undersides. In addition to photography, this issue includes a short essay tracing the cultural history of Ganoderma in China — from medieval Daoism to the contemporary art of mushroom bonsai. 

• Self-published

• 32 pages, soft cover, staple-bound

• 21.6 x 27.9 cm (8.5” x 11”)

• Process: 5 color digital print

• Release: June, 2025

• Printed in Switzerland. First printing, June 2025.

• ISBN: 978-1-7344852-4-0