Mycoworks, Inc.

Phil McGaughy

Philip Ross

Nicholas Wenner

Jordan Chase

Quinn Miller

Ryan Salditos

Matthew L Scullin

Matt Scullin

Ryan Saltidos

A mycelium growth bed for growing a solid substrate-bound mycelium through which the mycelium composite is easily and readily removed. This is achieved through the use of a perforation layer embedded between the mycelium substrate and the mycelium composite so as to create a uniform structural weakness and thereby enhancing harvesting abilities of the ex-substrate mycelium via a greatly reduced and uniform tear strength. The perforation layer, through which the mycelium grows, allows for the gated and controlled extrusion of a matrix of colonial cells that may be easily and uniformly delaminated from the underlying mycelium substrate.

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 for optimal production of pure mycelium or a pure mycelium composite with controlled or predictable properties, the bed comprising a tray, a conveying platform, a permeable membrane, a substrate, and a porous material. The permeable membrane is positioned on the conveying platform within the tray. The substrate is positioned on the permeable membrane and the porous material is positioned on top of the substrate. The system provides a configuration wherein the COconcentration is held above 3%, the relative humidity is held above 40% and the Oconcentration is held below 20% in steady state conditions to produce leather-like mycelium without fruiting bodies.

Mycelium growth bed

A mycelium growth bed for optimal production of pure mycelium or a pure mycelium composite with controlled or predictable properties, the bed comprising a tray, a conveying platform, a permeable membrane, a substrate, a porous material and a lid. The permeable membrane is positioned on the conveying platform within the tray. The substrate is positioned on the permeable membrane and the porous material is positioned on top of the substrate. The system provides a configuration having a substrate weight to surrounding space volume ratio between 0.5 and 5.0 g/cc, an air volume (surrounding space) to substrate volume between 0.01 and 1.0, and an air volume (surrounding space) to substrate area is between 0.5 and 5 cc/cm, wherein the COconcentration is held above 3%, the relative humidity is held above 40% and the Oconcentration is held below 20% in steady state conditions to produce leather-like mycelium without fruiting bodies.

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