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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.
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AirMycelium™
Ecovative’s aerial mycelium technology
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Bio-based
Derived from biomass, such as plants
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Biofabrication
Production of complex biologic products such as cells
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Forager™ Hides
Mycelium material for tanneries to turn into mushroom leather
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Fungi
Spore-producing organisms such as molds, yeast, and mushrooms
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Growth Chamber
Our environmentally-controlled vertical mycelium farm
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Hyphae
Branching filaments that make up the mycelium of a fungus
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Mushroom® Packaging
Grows and licenses MycoComposite™ technology for packaging
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Mycelium
The vegetative part of a fungus, a network of hyphae
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Mycelium Foundry
Where we research, develop, and produce our materials
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MycoComposite™
Ecovative’s technology using hemp hurd bound by mycelium
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Forager™ Foams
100% pure mycelium foam used for cosmetics and apparel
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Spaceship Earth
A worldview encouraging persons on Earth to act as a harmonious crew sharing finite resources, coined by Buckminster Fuller.