
Glossary
Fungi are everywhere, as mushrooms and as mycelium living underground or inside of plants. Not everyone is familiar with mushrooms, so there’s plenty of opportunity to learn the fundamentals. We’ve collected some key concepts and terms to better understand how fungi work, and how we work with them.

AirMycelium™
Ecovative’s aerial mycelium technology

Bio-based
Derived from biomass, such as plants

Biofabrication
Production of complex biologic products such as cells

Forager™ Hides
Mycelium material for tanneries to turn into mushroom leather

Fungi
Spore-producing organisms such as molds, yeast, and mushrooms

Growth Chamber
Our environmentally-controlled vertical mycelium farm

Hyphae
Branching filaments that make up the mycelium of a fungus

Mushroom® Packaging
Grows and licenses MycoComposite™ technology for packaging

Mycelium
The vegetative part of a fungus, a network of hyphae

Mycelium Foundry
Where we research, develop, and produce our materials

MycoComposite™
Ecovative’s technology using hemp hurd bound by mycelium

MycoFlex™
100% pure mycelium foam used for cosmetics and apparel

Spaceship Earth
A worldview encouraging persons on Earth to act as a harmonious crew sharing finite resources, coined by Buckminster Fuller.