Mycelium is making sustainable strides in the carbon-intensive construction sector, but other industries offer some sobering ...

Scientists at NASA Ames Research Center in Silicon Valley are experimenting with fungal mycelium to help support life on the Moon and Mars. Last week, NASA rolled out a concept it calls ...

Chris Maurer, Lead Architect at Red House Studio, behind racks of dried reishi mushrooms at his workshop on Saturday, May 17, 2025. Maurer uses a process called biocycling to grow mushrooms from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Researchers compare the biomineralized mycelium scaffold (lower right) with other living materials built from hydrogels and ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A large mushroom farm near the Kenyan capital of Nairobi is one of a kind: It grows fungi on an industrial scale — not as food for restaurants but as a building material that ...

Mycelia are the network-like, living root structures of fungi. They have unique properties that allow them to adapt and survive in various climates and environments. Different mycelium species have ...

Because of its physical characteristics, mycelium can be used to bind a filler. In this case, a fungus derived from hot springs in Yellowstone is mixed with sugar cane waste to make a flexible, ...

Living in a house made of fungi and bacteria may sound like the stuff of science fiction, but researchers are now one step closer to eventually making it a reality, according to a new study.Related ...