blurry brain

I was remembering a short story about young people living together in cramped housing, being exploited by employers and then oddly abandoned, and resorting to eating the walls of said housing which were (edible) fungi... I can't remember how long ago I read it, I thought it was Marissa Lingen, but a quick scan of her work did not locate it, and since I failed a covid test this morning (I have it, having escaped for nearly 3 years, and I am deeply grateful for all the stabs I've gotten and my astonishing partner who found a pharmacy that was both open on xmas and also had paxlovid) and everything hurts I am feeling sorry for myself as well as dumb.