About 200,000 funerals take place in Australia every year, but a service in the Blue Mountains last week marked a first for Australia.

The casket, grown from mycelium and hemp fibres, takes just 45 days to break down, enriching the soil in the process

Carolyn, a woman in her 70s, was put to rest on 4 September in a futuristic casket made from mycelium - the underground root network of mushrooms - and upcycled hemp fibres.