Researchers at the University of Maine have combined mushroom mycelium with wood-derived cellulose to create a biodegradable food packaging material that resists both water and oil.

Too long to read? Go for the highlights below. Researchers have reimagined the traditional South Asian jaali screen using mycelium-based composites, creating a bio-based façade system called the bio-jaali. Dynamic building energy simulations for New Delhi show the bio-jaali can reduce peak indoor temperatures by up to 14.8°C and cut annual cooling energy demand by more than 50%. The material absorbs up to 17.2% of its weight in moisture while remaining dimensionally stable, e

Researchers colonised waste cotton textiles with Ganoderma lucidum (reishi mushroom) to produce composite materials with tensile strengths up to 14 MPa: far stronger than any mycelium composite previously reported, and comparable to medium-density fibreboard (MDF).

Oleaginous fungi can store up to 80% of their dry weight as oil, rivalling or exceeding many plant and algal feedstocks.

Mycelia Academy (Link: https://mycelia-academy.org/ ) created the Pasteurized Substrate Production Masterclass: (Link: https://mycelia-academy.org/courses-abroad/pasteurization-production-masterclass/) not to teach recipes, but to teach biological understanding and industrial decision-making.