As fashion designers look for alternatives to leather, growing mycelium – or fungi-based – ‘leather’ substitutes using a new paste media has opened up the possibility of growing this bio-fabricated ...

Ecovative Design will expand its AirMycelium technology to “introduce new, high-value mycelium crops to the mushroom farming industry and accelerating the growth of the mycelium materials sector,” ...

(Nanowerk Spotlight) Synthetic plastics derive their exceptional properties from complex molecular structures—structures that make them both highly useful and environmentally problematic. Creating ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. A handful of startups in the U.S., Europe and Asia are helping the seafood industry fight plastic pollution by creating equipment made from fungi.