In what looks like a potential rival to EcoCradle, Mycotectural Alpha is a construction material made of dense mycelium. Time magazine mentions it in the article Industrial-Strength Fungus by Adam Fischer:
Mycelium doesn’t taste very good, but once it’s dried, it has some remarkable properties. It’s nontoxic, fireproof and mold- and water-resistant, and it traps [...]
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Remember some time ago when a couple of graduates from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute introduced their idea of making a mycelium-based construction material with insulating properties? They went on to form a company called Evocative Design and that that product is called Greensulate.
Well, they are at it again. This time they have a mushroom-based product called [...]
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