Mycelium growth bed with perforation layer and related method for creating a uniform sheet of mycelium from a solid-state medium

A mycelium growth bed comprising:

• a tray having an enclosed wall and a floor;
• a conveying platform configured to fit within the tray and adaptable to support a mycelium substrate thereby forming at least one continuous substrate plane, the mycelium substrate being inoculated and colonized with a strain of mycelium composite, the mycelium substrate being altered for the optimal growth of mycelium composite utilizing at least one altering mechanism;
• enabling the growth of a uniform sheet of mycelium composite within the tray, the one uniform sheet of mycelium composite adaptable to extend through the plurality of pores thereby resulting in a reduction of tear strength within the layer;
• a porous material positioned on top of the mycelium substrate and held close to the layer;
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• a lid adaptable to detachably attach with the enclosed wall of the tray;
• whereby the positioning of the layer between the substrate and the mycelium composite creates a uniform structural weakness and reduces the tear strength within the layer thereby decreasing the force required to remove a top layer portion of the mycelium composite;
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• wherein the altering mechanism is calcium carbonate.

A method for prompting the growth of gradient-less and uniform expression of a mycelium composite above a solid-state mycelium substrate, the method comprising the steps of:

• a) providing a mycelium growth bed having a tray, a conveying platform, a layer, a porous material and a lid;
• b) altering the mycelium substrate utilizing at least one altering mechanism;
• c) placing the mycelium substrate on the conveying platform configured to fit within the tray and adaptable to support the mycelium substrate thereby forming at least one continuous substrate plane, the mycelium substrate being inoculated and colonized with a strain of mycelium composite;
• d) embedding the layer along the at least one continuous substrate plane;
• e) growing a uniform sheet of mycelium composite through a plurality of pores of the layer thereby resulting in a reduction of tear strength within the layer;
• f) obtaining a uniform sheet of mycelium composite within the growth bed;
• g) periodically manipulating the growth of the mycelium composite to obtain the mycelium composite in desired characteristics;
• h) uniformly separating the mycelium composite from the mycelium substrate;
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• i) enabling the layer to create a delimiting structure for growing additional organismal expressions of mycelium cells.