Toadstool footstools: Are organisms manufacturing's future?
Story Date: 11/14/2016

 

Source: Michael Hill, NEWS & OBSERVER, 11/14/16


The sturdy stools and spongy cushions made at an upstate New York factory are formed with fungus.
Ecovative Design is a business staking its growth on mycelium, the thread-like "roots" of mushrooms. The mycelium grows around small pieces of stalks and stems...

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