Large-scale production of mycelium-based textiles at mushroom farm facilities

A method of forming a mycotextile at an industrial scale in a non-innocuous environment, the method comprising:

• generating a solid-state fermentation substrate (SSFS) seeded with a selected fungal strain;
• placing the solid-state fermentation substrate on a shelf;
• placing a nutritionally-enriched and nanobiocidal scaffold onto the SSFS;
• growing the selected fungal strain into the scaffold to form a mycelium mat;
• adding one or more additives containing growth inducers and functionalized nanoparticles on the growing mycelium mat, wherein the nanoparticles are functionalized with a plant protein and wherein the selected fungal strain is selected for increased fungal growth and in situ nano-crosslinking in the presence of the functionalized nanoparticles;
• placing a cover over the growing mycelium mat;
• harvesting the mycelium mat;
• and
• processing the mycelium mat to form the mycotextile;
• wherein the plant protein used for functionalization of the nanoparticles is zein.

A method of forming a mycotextile at an industrial scale in a non-innocuous environment, the method comprising:

• generating a solid-state fermentation substrate (SSFS) seeded with a selected fungal strain;
• placing the solid-state fermentation substrate on a bed on each of a plurality of shelves;
• placing a nutritionally-enriched and nanobiocidal scaffold onto the SSFS;
• growing the selected fungal strain into the scaffold to form a mycelium mat on each bed of the plurality of shelves;
• adding one or more additives as growth inducers containing functionalized nanoparticles on the growing mycelium mat to enable both the increase of fungal growth and in situ nano-crosslinking, wherein the nanoparticles are functionalized with a plant protein and wherein the selected fungal strain is selected to grow with the functionalized nanoparticles;
• placing one or more covers over the plurality of shelves;
• harvesting the mycelium mat as elongated strips from each bed of the one or more shelves;
• and
• processing the mycelium mat to form the mycotextile;
• wherein the plant protein used for functionalization of the nanoparticles is zein.