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How to Preserve a Fungus Drawing

Fungi, such as mushrooms, can be attached to your drawings with glue, rubber bands and other materials. The fungi can be used in place of trees, shrubs and other basic organic materials you may have drawn otherwise. However, preserving the fungi you add to your drawings requires specific settings for temperature, humidity and drawing placement to ensure that the fungi loses its natural moisture at a measured rate, thus enabling the fungi to keep its natural composition.

Cardboard box
Environment cabinet with adjustable humidity and temperature
Cloth or other fabric
Scissors
Glue

Instructions

- 1
  Place the cardboard box inside the environmental cabinet. Position it with the top facing upward.
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  Cut out a piece of cotton cloth or another fabric. The fabric needs to be long enough to cover the box's open top. Place the cloth over the box top and attach it to the box with glue.
- 3
  Place the drawing on top of the cloth. Make sure the fungi are facing up toward the cabinet's top.
- 4
  Set the humidity to "Minimum." Set the temperature to 35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Fahrenheit), according to Conservation-Issues.com.
- 5
  Allow the fungi drawing to dry out, or preserve, for three days. Turn off the cabinet and remove the drawing.

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