$MYCEL · Polygon · Mycorrhizal Governance

The threads
we call Hyphae.

$MYCEL is the Fungai Art token. Members call them Hyphae — the connecting threads that carry nutrients through the network. They are earned through contribution (sporing) and spent on goods and ceremonies (drawing). Voice and voting power live in a separate, soulbound reputation called mycoTrust — so holding Hyphae never becomes about accumulation.

Wallet
Not connected
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Hyphae · $MYCEL
Indicative basket value at €1.42 / MYCEL
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mycoTrust
Soulbound voice — grows and fades
Three doors into the network

How Hyphae reach you.

No purchase necessary, no public market. Hyphae come into your wallet through one of three relationships with Fungai Art OÜ.

⟡ Door 1
Sporing

Earn Hyphae by contributing your time, skill, or presence: foraging circles, alchemy days, event support, teaching, creative work.

See the earning ladder ↓
⟡⟡ Door 2
Collaboration

Vendors, artists, farmers, suppliers, translators — anyone whose work supports The Mycelium receives Hyphae for services rendered. Settle in EUR, MYCEL, or a mix.

Collaborate with us →
⟡⟡⟡ Door 3
Patronage

A 24-month pre-paid subscription: contribute resources to The Mycelium, receive Hyphae at start, draw extracts and ceremonies over the period. Not investment — patronage.

Read patron tiers →
A shared language

The vocabulary.

The Mycelium has its own words. They come from the way fungi actually behave — and they help the community speak the same thing.

$MYCEL
The token symbol on Polygon. The technical name.
"$MYCEL contract: 0x..."
Hyphae
What we actually call them. The connecting threads. Singular: a Hypha.
"You have 47 Hyphae"
Sporing
The act of earning Hyphae through contribution. Always a verb.
"She sporeed at Königshyttan last weekend"
Drawing
Spending Hyphae for a product, ceremony, or experience.
"He drew a Solstice Amanita this month"
mycoTrust
Soulbound reputation. Cannot be bought or transferred. Grows with depth, fades with silence.
"She holds 240 mycoTrust"
The Mycelium
The treasury address. Drawn Hyphae flow here, are recycled or composted.
"This batch was drawn back to The Mycelium"
Composting
Burning Hyphae back to soil. Returns scarcity. Anyone can compost their own.
"Annual composting: 18% of treasury"
Gifting
Transferring Hyphae member-to-member with a note. Logged on chain.
"Robin gifted 20 Hyphae to Anna"
How Hyphae are sporeed

The earning ladder.

Indicative amounts. Final rates set quarterly by the council. All sporing is verified and logged on-chain — see /sporing.

Founding member
One-time grant for the founding 144 cohort
144Hyphae
Foraging session
Participating in a guided foraging circle
10–15Hyphae
Event support
Helping organise or run a Mycelium Trance, ceremony, or gathering
50–75Hyphae
Full alchemy day
An entire day in the lab — extraction, formulation, batch work
100Hyphae
Teaching
Leading an Academy session, workshop, or open study circle
50–120Hyphae
Creative contribution
Photography, writing, illustration, music for the project
variesHyphae
What Hyphae can draw

The drawing menu.

When you have Hyphae, you can draw them for goods and experiences. The catalogue is in /draw — these are indicative rates.

Tincture 30ml (standard)
Any single botanical tincture from the public shop
40–55Hyphae
Special extract (member-only)
Wild-foraged amanita, ceremonial blends, lab-grown mycelium mother
80–150Hyphae
Academy session
One live Alchemy Academy class or recording library access
25Hyphae
Ceremony / Mycelium Trance
One seat at a member ceremony or private trance session
200Hyphae
Retreat early access
First booking window for residencies and retreats (Astral Plans etc.)
500Hyphae
How decisions are made

Mycorrhizal Governance.

Holding Hyphae does not give you voting power. mycoTrust does — and it cannot be bought, only earned through ongoing relational depth. It decays without participation, just as mycelial connections wither without flow.

1
Voice grows through depth, not accumulation
mycoTrust is soulbound (non-transferable). It accrues from owner-awarded contributions, peer endorsements from other trusted members, and active participation.
2
Connections fade without flow
mycoTrust decays at 1% per month of inactivity. A member who hasn't sporeed, drawn, gifted, or endorsed in 100 months returns to zero — the network breathes.
3
Peers feed each other
Each member with active trust receives a monthly endorsement budget to recognise contributions from others. This makes governance horizontal, not top-down.
4
Decisions fruit, they don't win
Proposals go through composting (open discussion), sporulation (consent voting — 75% approve, zero strong objections), then fruiting (implementation). Inspired by sociocracy and Ostrom's commons principles.
5
Voice influences, never gates
mycoTrust matters for governance — but never to access products, ceremonies, or events. Hyphae open those doors. The two systems are intentionally distinct.
Entering the network

Becoming a thread.

1
Install MetaMask (or any EIP-1193 wallet — Rainbow, Coinbase, Trust). Free browser extension. ~5 minutes. metamask.io
2
Add Polygon network — chain ID 137. Gas fees are fractions of a cent. The wallet does this automatically the first time you connect to fungai.art.
3
Reach out — email robin@fungai.art with your wallet address and a few sentences about why you'd like to join the network. Founding cohort is invitation-based.
4
Receive your first sporing — Robin sporeed you 144 Hyphae as a founding member. You're now part of the network. Connect on this page to see your balance.
5
Contribute, draw, return — the network is alive only when threads carry flow. Show up to a foraging circle. Help at an event. Spend your Hyphae on a tincture. Gift some to a fellow member. The pattern is the practice.
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