Scientists create new building material out of fungus, rice and glass
- Written by Tien Huynh, Senior Lecturer in the School of Sciences, RMIT University
Fungal bricks have the potential to create safer and more sustainable buildings. V Anisimov / Shutterstock
Would you live in a house made of fungus? It’s not just a rhetorical question: fungi are the key to a new low-carbon, fire-resistant and termite-deterring building material.
This type of material, known as a mycelium composite, uses the...
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