Copenhagen-based Reduced has raised €4M in Series A funding to scale its fermentation technology that converts food processing waste into natural savoury flavour ingredients.

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.

Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, found in over 75% of plant species, are being disrupted by warmer winters and reduced snowpack, leaving plants less able to absorb nutrients.

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).