Fungal textile materials and leather analogs
AssigneeThe Fynder Group, Inc.
InventorsBrendan Allen Stewart, Larry Andrew Alegria, Ryan Jacob Totman, Yuval Charles Avniel
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Abstract
Textile compositions comprising at least one filamentous fungus are disclosed, as are methods for making and using such textile compositions. Embodiments of the textile compositions generally include at least one of a plasticizer, a polymer, and a crosslinker, in addition to the filamentous fungus. The disclosed textile compositions are particularly useful as analogs or substitutes for conventional textile compositions, including but not limited to leather.
Claims30
A textile composition, comprising:
- an inactivated fungal biomass;
- and
- a polymer,
- wherein the polymer is infiltrated into the inactivated fungal biomass to a fungal biomass:polymer loading ratio of between about 25:75 and about 75:25, and
- wherein the textile composition has a tensile strength a at least about 2 MPa.
A textile composition, comprising:
- an inactivated fungal biomass;
- a polymer;
- and
- at least one backing layer of a non-fungal textile material,
- wherein the polymer is infiltrated into the inactivated fungal biomass to a fungal biomass:polymer loading ratio of between about 25:75 and about 75:25.
A textile composition, comprising:
- an inactivated fungal biomass;
- a polymer;
- and
- a thermal dopant,
- wherein the polymer is infiltrated into the inactivated fungal biomass to a fungal biomass:polymer loading ratio of between about 25:75 and about 75:25.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.