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US 10,154,627 B2Granted
Method of growing mycological biomaterials
AssigneeEcovative Design LLC
InventorsGavin McIntyre, Eben Bayer, Amanda Palazzolo
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Abstract
A growth medium formed as an inoculum including a preselected fungus and a nutrient material capable of being digested by the fungus is placed in or on a tool formed of a material capable of being at least partially consumed by the fungus. The tool may define a cavity of predetermined shape for the growth medium or the tool may form a scaffolding on which the growth medium grows into the final product taking on the shape of the tool.
Claims6
A process of growing a mycological biomaterial comprising the steps of
- forming a growth medium including discrete particles, an inoculum including a preselected fungus and a nutrient material capable of being digested by said fungus;
- placing said growth medium in a tool formed of a material capable of being consumed by said fungus and defining a cavity of predetermined shape for said growth medium;
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- growing said fungus on and through said growth medium in said cavity of said tool to form a product corresponding to said predetermined shape of said cavity with said fungus consuming at least some of said tool.
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