MycoDose

Inspiration## 🌱 Inspiration

MycoDose was inspired by the idea of turning rare, wild, edible mushrooms into real-time digital discoveries.
We imagined what would happen if culinary artists — like Chef Hisayuki Takeuchi, a globetrotting sushi master — could receive live alerts when rare ingredients like Yunnan porcini or Montana morels were harvested.
What if a sushi roll could be shaped by a signal from the forest?

🍄 What it does

MycoDose is a global mushroom radar that tracks rare edible mushrooms and notifies users the moment a new batch is discovered.
The core feature is ShroomSignal, a visual alert system that pops up with a high-res image of the mushroom, its species, and geolocation.
Each mushroom lot can be verified and tokenized using blockchain, ensuring traceability and authenticity.

🛠️ How we built it

• Frontend: Built a React Native prototype to simulate the ShroomSignal alert experience
  
• Backend: Node.js server generating mock data for rare mushroom sightings
  
• Blockchain: Created a simple smart contract with Solidity to issue NFTs as proof of origin
  
• UX/Design: Focused on immersive visuals and earthy tones to reflect the natural world

🧬 Code Overview

We wrote a basic end-to-end prototype including:

• A React Native frontend simulating the ShroomSignal popup with a beautiful image and call-to-action
  
• A Node.js backend serving simulated mushroom availability data via a REST API (/rare-mushrooms)
  
• A Solidity smart contract deployed locally using Hardhat that allows:
  • Minting an NFT per rare mushroom batch (mintShroomToken())
  • Storing metadata such as location, variety, and rarity index
    
• Blockchain metadata follows the ERC-721 standard

Example of NFT metadata:

{
  "name": "Boletus edulis - Yunnan",
  "image": "https://ipfs.io/ipfs/Qm...",
  "location": "Yunnan, China",
  "rarity": "Very High",
  "verified": true
}

Built With

• and
• built-with-react-native-frontend
• cloud
• deployed
• ethereum-smart-contracts-(solidity)-for-nft-traceability
• heroku
• ipfs-for-image-hosting
• like
• mongodb-for-data-storage
• node.js/express-backend
• on
• or
• platforms
• vercel