Ecovative Design LLC

Ian Bonesteel

Gavin Reim McIntyre

Lucy Elaine Greetham

Eben Bayer

Alex Carlton

Jessica Kaplan-Bie

Jessie Hannah Kaplan-Bie

A mycological biopolymer material is subjected to treatment in one or more solutions that work to enhance and/or retain the inherent material properties of the material. In one embodiment, the solution is an organic solution; in another embodiment, the solution is an organic solvent with a salt; in another embodiment, the solution is an organic solvent phenol and/or polyphenol; and in another embodiment, a series of such solutions is used.

Solution based post-processing methods for mycological biopolymer material and mycological product made thereby

The method of growing a biopolymer material employs incubation of a growth media comprised of nutritive substrate and a fungus in containers that are placed in a closed incubation chamber with air flows passed over each container while the chamber is maintained with a predetermined environment of humidity, temperature, carbon dioxide and oxygen. The air flows may be directed parallel or perpendicularly to the surfaces of the growth media.

Increased homogeneity of mycological biopolymer grown into void space

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Wynantskill, NY, United States of America

Ian Bonesteel