Mechanical, physical and chemical characterisation of mycelium-based composites with different types of lignocellulosic substrates.

ABSTRACT: The current physical goods economy produces materials by extracting finite valuable resources without taking their end of the life and environmental impact into account. Mycelium-based materials offer an alternative fabrication paradigm, based on the growth of materials rather than on extraction. Agricultural residue fibres are inoculated with fungal mycelium, which form an interwoven three-dimensional filamentous network binding the feedstock into a lightweight material. The mycelium-based material is heat-killed after the growing process. In this paper, we investigate the production process, the mechanical, physical and chemical properties of mycelium-based composites made with different types of lignocellulosic reinforcement fibres combined with a white rot fungus, Trametes versicolor.

SUBMITTER: Elsacker E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6645453 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature