Turning fungi into ‘bricks’ for construction

Share Your Green Design | Turning fungi into 'bricks' for construction

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Share Your Green Design | Turning fungi into 'bricks' for construction

Year:

`2021
Share Your Green Design | Turning fungi into 'bricks' for construction

Country:

Singapore
Share Your Green Design | Turning fungi into 'bricks' for construction

Source:

The Straits Times

SINGAPORE – A house or building made of mushrooms may sound far-fetched and fragile, but do not underestimate the strength of the mycelium, a hardy component of the fungi.

Researchers in Singapore and Switzerland are now studying the use of mycelium as a sustainable building construction material.

Mycelium is the vast underground root network of fungi.

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