and designers are harvesting its potential to reduce plastic consumption and feed the planet. Their first product, a packaging material made from mycelium and agricultural waste, is a lot like ...

They hand-shaped bowls from mycelium, the threadlike roots of mushrooms. One team designed sheets of black plastic that folded into take-out containers (seen in image above) and could be returned ...

HUNTSVILLE, Ala — One Huntsville non-profit says they may have a solution to this plastic shortage. Mycelium Huntsville teamed up with UAH to unveil a machine that's actually a plastic recycling hub.

Hopefully they’re not using live mycelium, otherwise your shoes will ... made 15 million pairs of shoes in 2020 out of recycled plastic waste collected from beaches and coastlines, and they ...

The Gob team said: "Our aerial mycelium foam naturally dampens sound ... When they end up in waterways, they can cause damage similar to plastic straws. When the plastic decomposes, it breaks ...

The mycelium, which extends more than 300 miles down into the earth, is excellent at taking in and breaking down hydrocarbons. That ability gives it several crucial roles in the forest ecosystem.

These mysterious organisms aren’t the whole story, though. The living being is a vast network of hidden fibers, called mycelium, spreading through the ground and into any other organic material ...