Mycelium is a viable ingredient both because it’s easy to manipulate—the nutrients in the substrate it’s grown on can be tweaked to yield different properties, like making it stiffer or more ...

On the extreme end of substrate volume are the emerging mycelium materials companies, like MycoWorks and Ecovative. [Disclosure: The author worked for Ecovative in 2022 and 2023.] ...

Chennai: Researchers from IIT Madras have developed a packaging material using agricultural waste as a sustainable ...

Mushroom Disputes: The Mycelium vs. Fruiting Body Debate The lay understanding of a mushroom (i.e., the stem with a cap depicted in the popular red-and-white emoji) is technically called the ...

Using mycelium combined with additional natural materials, the team can grow a tightly wound substrate stronger than previous mycelium materials. The knitted design can create 3D shapes without ...

As the mycelium colonized the substrate, it created a dense but moldable form. After the mycelium has grown, it’s dried using intense heat, making the biocomposite inert.

To reduce electronic waste and cut greenhouse gas emissions from plastic, future computer chips might use a substrate made of mushrooms. This isn’t something out of the Mario Bros. movie, either.

The substrate actually looks like large piles of brownies from a distance. “Mycelium can actually eat almost anything,” said Hannah Johnson, an engineer at the facility.