Wood-Decaying Fungi: From Timber Degradation to Sustainable Insulating Biomaterials Production.

ABSTRACT: Addressing the impacts of climate change and global warming has become an urgent priority for the planet's well-being. In recent decades the great potential of fungal-based products with characteristics equal to, or even outperforming, classic petroleum-derived products has been acknowledged. These new materials present the added advantage of having a reduced carbon footprint, less environmental impact and contributing to the shift away from a fossil-based economy. This study focused on the production of insulation panels using fungal mycelium and lignocellulosic materials as substrates. The process was optimized, starting with the selection of Trametes versicolor, Pleurotus ostreatus, P. eryngii, Ganoderma carnosum and Fomitopsis pinicola isolates, follo

SUBMITTER: Charpentier-Alfaro C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10179824 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature