By Mongabay.com Often hidden from view, fungi are critical part of our ecosystems. Some can be eaten as mushrooms; others help trees and forests thrive. But that’s not all: they’re also helping us ...

Fungi can be enigmatic organisms. Mushrooms or other structures may be visible above the soil, but beneath lurks a complex network of filaments, or hyphae, known as the mycelium.

Figure 2. Mycelium-blocks, (a) maturing phase. Image Courtesy of Myceen. Next, we look at the process parameters and post-treatment. The interaction between white rot fungi and their feedstock as ...

Networks of mycelium, made up of thin, thread-like strands called hyphae, can be extraordinarily vast—in fact, the largest organism on Earth is a fungus known colloquially as the Humongous Fungus.

In a new study, scientists have developed a living building material using fungal mycelium that can mineralize itself or be mineralized by bacteria, offering a potentially self-healing ...

Mycelium is the root-like structure of fungi, a web of branching strands called hyphae, responsible for absorbing nutrients and water from the surrounding environment.

“Mycelium consists of massive branching thread-like hyphae, which is stretched and split into substrates,” mycologist Ajay Singh writes in his paper, “Development of Sustainable Myco-material from ...

It was just this week that we heard how a fungus-based material could be used as fireproof insulation. ... Those "roots" are known as hyphae, and a network of them is known as mycelium.

Fungi are considered a promising source of biodegradable materials. Researchers have developed a new material based on a fungal mycelium and its own extracellular matrix. This gives the ...

Mycelium functions similarly to a plant’s roots, forming a web of thin, interlocking threads called hyphae. These myco-materials are sustainable and can possibly replace leather, plastic and ...