Fungi in mycelium-based composites: usage and recommendations

M Sydor, G Cofta, B Doczekalska, A Bonenberg - Materials, 2022 - mdpi.com
Mycelium-Based Composites (MBCs) are innovative engineering materials made from
lignocellulosic by-products bonded with fungal mycelium. While some performance …

Mycelium-based composites in art, architecture, and interior design: a review

M Sydor, A Bonenberg, B Doczekalska, G Cofta - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Mycelium-based composites (MBCs) have attracted growing attention due to their role in the
development of eco-design methods. We concurrently analysed scientific publications …

Amazing fungi for eco-friendly composite materials: A comprehensive review

W Aiduang, A Chanthaluck, J Kumla, K Jatuwong… - Journal of Fungi, 2022 - mdpi.com
The continually expanding use of plastic throughout our world, along with the considerable
increase in agricultural productivity, has resulted in a worrying increase in global waste and …

Sustainable mycelium-bound biocomposites: design strategies, materials properties, and emerging applications

JK Muiruri, JC Chuan Yeo, Q Zhu, E Ye… - ACS Sustainable …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Extrication from the use of fossil-based products has grown more critical in recent years. This
disengagement has been driven by deliberate environmental campaigns focusing on …

Risk assessment of fungal materials

JG van den Brandhof, HAB Wösten - Fungal biology and biotechnology, 2022 - Springer
Sustainable fungal materials have a high potential to replace non-sustainable materials
such as those used for packaging or as an alternative for leather and textile. The properties …

[HTML][HTML] Dense and continuous networks of aerial hyphae improve flexibility and shape retention of mycelium composite in the wet state

T Kuribayashi, P Lankinen, S Hietala… - Composites Part A …, 2022 - Elsevier
The mycelium composites composed of fungal mycelium and plant substrate are a practical
alternative to petroleum plastic-based foam materials. However, the effects of the …

[HTML][HTML] Lightweight, thermal insulation, hydrophobic mycelium composites with hierarchical porous structure: design, manufacture and applications

M Zhang, Z Zhang, R Zhang, Y Peng, M Wang… - Composites Part B …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mycelium composites offer a sustainable alternative to lightweight petroleum-based plastic
products and are attracting great attention in various fields. However, creating a mycelium …

Waste rose flower and lavender straw biomass—An innovative lignocellulose feedstock for mycelium bio-materials development using newly isolated Ganoderma …

G Angelova, M Brazkova, P Stefanova, D Blazheva… - Journal of Fungi, 2021 - mdpi.com
In this study, for the first time, the potential of rose flowers and lavender straw waste biomass
was studied as feeding lignocellulose substrates for the cultivation of newly isolated in …

Mycelium-based wood composites for light weight and high strength by experiment and machine learning

L Yang, Z Qin - Cell Reports Physical Science, 2023 - cell.com
Wood composites composed of recombined wood fibers heavily depend on synthetic
adhesives for mechanical strength. Here, we focus on using mycelium to gain wood …

Development and characterization of natural sourced bioplastic for food packaging applications

MA Chowdhury, N Hossain, MD Badrudduza… - Heliyon, 2023 - cell.com
Climate change and increased pollution caused by traditional petrochemical plastics made
the biodegradable environment-friendly plastic (bioplastic) research more popular …