Researchers at the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have developed a fermentation-based method to produce mycelium leather at industrial scale, demonstrating the process by sewing a prototype handbag from the material.

Estonian biotech Äio and research partner TFTAK have secured €1.94M from the Estonian Business and Innovation Agency to develop a digitalised production platform for microbial oils made from food and wood industry waste.

Researchers at Purdue University have grown a composite film by co-culturing the white-rot fungus Phanerochaete chrysosporium with cellulose-producing bacteria, yielding a material that simultaneously achieves high tensile strength and toughness, outperforming most reported biodegradable films.

A study published in PLOS Biology has found, for the first time, that fungi living in Arctic fjord sediments efficiently absorb dissolved organic matter and lock it into their biomass, rather than releasing it as carbon dioxide.

Nairobi-based MycoTile, founded by inventor Mtamu Kililo, now produces approximately 3,000 m² of mycelium-based construction panels per month, using around 250 tonnes of agricultural waste annually.