Imagine walking through a forest after a rainstorm. The air smells earthy and fresh, and under your feet, mushrooms quietly ...

The substance that uses the root-like mycelium of a fungus and bacteria cells was developed ... including self-repairing when damaged and cleaning up contamination. Materials made from once-living ...

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.

A research team in Montana grew dense, spongy tangles of mycelium — the rootlike structure that connects fungal networks underground — as a framework to create a living, self-repairing ...

Engineers have developed a building material that uses the root-like mycelium of a fungus and ... functions such as self-repair or cleaning up contamination. Self-healing and remediation were ...

Dr Anastasia Globa from the University of Sydney experimenting with mycelium at home. Dr Globa claims that mycelium-based materials can be used to turn organic waste into household objects and ...