23/09/2026
A woman in the Blue Mountains was just buried in a coffin made of mushrooms. 🍄
Carolyn, in her 70s, is the first Australian to be laid to rest in a coffin grown from mycelium (the root network of fungi) and h**p. It grows in about a week, it's lined with moss, and once it's in the ground it becomes soil in roughly 45 days.
Her husband said it suited her perfectly: she spent her life helping others, and even after death she could give something back to the earth.
That's the part we can't stop thinking about. Not the mushrooms. The fact that he knew.
Because this is where death is heading in Australia. Mushroom coffins. Natural burial grounds. Shrouds instead of caskets. A tree instead of a headstone. Options our parents never had, and plenty of us are quietly curious about.
But here's the catch. The best farewell in the world is useless if it only lives in your head. If you haven't told anyone you'd love to be buried under a gum tree, you're getting the standard package, chosen by someone who's grieving, exhausted, and guessing. Nobody can honour a wish they've never heard.
So say it out loud. Tell your partner, your sister, your best mate. Then write it down somewhere they can actually find it.
That's what Adios is for. Your burial wishes, your music, your accounts, your documents, your "please don't let Aunty Pam do the eulogy" notes, all in one place, ready for the people who'll need them. No filing cabinet archaeology. No arguments at the wake about what you "would have wanted."
Death happens. Drama is optional. 💛
👉 Start your plan at adios.au
And tell us: mushroom coffin, yay or nay? 👇
A woman was laid to rest by friends and family in Australia’s Blue Mountains, using a coffin made from mushroom mycelium and h**p fibers by the company Loop Biotech 🍄🟫
This coffin is formed in just one week and integrates into the ground within 45 days through a process similar to composting.
The woman’s husband shared that she spent her life looking for ways to help others, and she found comfort in knowing that, even after she was gone, her final resting place would become an act of giving back to the environment.
