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Mycelium

Mushroom mycelium has three primary secondary uses - leather, packaging, and building material. For each use, the advantages include being more sustainable and environmentally friendly than traditional materials. Mycelium leather uses fewer resources than animal leather and has a lower environmental impact. Mycelium packaging is free of chemicals, biodegradable, and customizable. As a building material, mycelium has benefits such as insulation, low production costs, and flexibility. However, mycelium also has disadvantages for each use such as limited availability and lower durability than traditional materials.

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Mycelium

Mushroom mycelium has three primary secondary uses - leather, packaging, and building material. For each use, the advantages include being more sustainable and environmentally friendly than traditional materials. Mycelium leather uses fewer resources than animal leather and has a lower environmental impact. Mycelium packaging is free of chemicals, biodegradable, and customizable. As a building material, mycelium has benefits such as insulation, low production costs, and flexibility. However, mycelium also has disadvantages for each use such as limited availability and lower durability than traditional materials.

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Mushroom Mycelium

Primary use :
Mushroom Mycelium is more famously used for food and beverages.

Secondary use : Leather Secondary use : Packaging Secondary use : Building Material
Advantages: Advantages: Advantages:

• Alternate use for leather since mycelium used lesser • Alternate packaging such as Styrofoam and plastic • Suitable to use as insulator (heat, sound, and acoustic)
excessive resources compared to leather such as cow, sheep, • Free from chemical, hence it will very useful for sensitive • Increase the sustainability of production of a
crocs, etc. packaging such as food. building/structure
• Can considered to be more “ethical” to certain group of • Plastic free means that it is biodegradable and recyclable • Low cost and low energy production compared to alternative
people. • Mycelium can be grown in 7 days, makes the availability of material such as brick
• Manufacturing process has lower environmental impact material high. • Biodegradable
compared to leather • Customizable according to object shape • Highly recommended for temporary structure such as art
• Recycle friendly and it is biodegradable as well • High fire resistance installation
• Less time consuming to produce • Reducing construction waste
• More superior in term of strength and durability compared • High flexibility and easily shape
to leather • High fire resistance
• High fire resistance

Disadvantages: Disadvantages: Disadvantages:

• As it is still new to the industry, material is quite hard to • Not ideal for long distance shipping as it decomposes within • Low structural strength overtime after being exposed to
obtain short period of time environment
• At this stage, it is still expensive to buy in a small quantity • Less durability compared to alternative material such as • Material might be deform after rain or snow exposure
plastic • Only can be use for non load bearing structure

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