Method for producing grown materials and products made thereby

Details Method for producing grown materials and products made thereby Method for producing grown materials and products made thereby

C - Chemistry, Metallurgy

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C12P 1/02 (2006.01) A01G 1/04 (2006.01) B65D 65/38 (2006.01) B65D 75/28 (2006.01) B65D 81/38 (2006.01) C12M 1/12 (2006.01) C12M 1/38 (2006.01) C12N 1/14 (2006.01) F16L 59/00 (2006.01)

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CA 2672312

The composite material is comprised of a substrate of discrete particles and a network of interconnected mycelia cells bonding the discrete particles together. The composite material is made by inoculating a substrate of discrete particles and a nutrient material with a preselected fungus. The fungus digests the nutrient material over a period of time sufficient to grow hyphae and to allow the hyphae to form a network of interconnected mycelia cells through and around the discrete particles thereby bonding the discrete particles together to form a self-supporting composite material. In another embodiment, the fungus is allowed to grow as a fruiting body out of the substrate and within an enclosure to completely fill the enclosure to form a self-supporting structure.

La matière composite de l'invention est constituée d'un substrat de particules discrètes et d'un réseau de cellules mycelles jumelées agrégeant les particules discrètes. La matière composite est obtenue par inoculation d'un substrat de particules discrètes et d'un nutriment contenant un champignon préétabli. Le champignon digère le nutriment sur une durée suffisante pour cultiver des hyphes qu'on laisse ensuite former un réseau de cellules mycelles jumelées à travers et autour des particules discrètes pour les agréger et former une matière composite autonome. Dans un autre mode de réalisation, on laisse le champignon germer du substrat et en milieu confiné, comme un carpophore, afin de remplir complètement le milieu confiné pour former une structure autonome.

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