Process for the production of mycelial composite surfaces in a roll-to-roll format
AssigneeEcovative Design LLC
InventorsJeffrey Daniel Betts, Gregory John Tudryn, Courtney Elizabeth Hart
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Abstract
A method of producing a mycological composite material comprises inoculating a substrate of fibrous material with an inoculum of mycelial tissue; rolling the inoculated substrate into a roll; and thereafter incubating the rolled inoculated substrate for a time sufficient for the mycelial tissue to grow hyphae that enmesh with the substrate to form a cohesive unified filamentous network with the rolled inoculated substrate being characterized in being flexible. The rolled inoculated substrate may be subsequently processed by subjecting lengths of the roll to heat and pressure in molds to form rigid products.
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A method of producing a mycological composite material comprising
- forming an inoculum of mycelial tissue;
- inoculating a substrate of fibrous material with said inoculum;
- rolling the inoculated substrate into a roll;
- and
- thereafter incubating the rolled inoculated substrate for a time sufficient for the mycelial tissue to grow hyphae;
- said hyphae enmeshes with the substrate by extending around the fibers of the substrate to form a cohesive unified filamentous network;
- the rolled inoculated substrate being flexible.
A method of producing a mycological composite material comprising
- forming a bath of mycelial tissue;
- conveying a substrate of fibrous material through said bath to inoculate the substrate with mycelial tissue;
- rolling the inoculated substrate into a roll;
- and
- thereafter incubating the rolled inoculated substrate for a time sufficient for the mycelial tissue to grow hyphae;
- said hyphae enmeshes with the substrate by extending around the fibers of the substrate to form a cohesive unified filamentous network;
- the rolled inoculated substrate being flexible.
A mycological composite material comprising a web of fibrous material characterized in having mycelial tissue throughout said material with hyphae thereof extending around fibers of the fibrous material to form a cohesive unified filamentous network and wherein said mycelial tissue contains chitin and glucan-containing mycelial cells.
A mycological composite biomaterial comprising
- a first material inoculated with an inoculum of mycelial tissue;
- a second material in contact with a surface of the inoculated first material;
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- hyphae extending from the inoculated first material and penetrating into and enmeshing with the second material.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.