Abstract: The present invention provides an improved method of utilizing agricultural waste and fungal mycelium in order to create mycelium-based biocomposite materials capable of serving in structural, load-bearing capacities. The dramatic reduction in the embodied carbon of a part grown with the method of the present invention over prior art creates benefit for the use of mycelium-based biocomposites in a new, regenerative economy. The present invention creates parts of superior strength over prior art using far less embodied carbon in the process of manufacture.

Abstract: The present invention provides an improved method of utilizing agricultural waste and fungal mycelium in order to create mycelium-based biocomposite materials capable of serving in structural, load-bearing capacities. The dramatic reduction in the embodied carbon of a part grown with the method of the present invention over prior art creates benefit for the use of mycelium-based biocomposites in a new, regenerative economy. The present invention creates parts of superior strength over prior art using far less embodied carbon in the process of manufacture.