MycoTile: Turning Maize Cobs and Coffee Husks into Building Materials

Picture this: a sack full of sugarcane bagasse, the fibrous waste left behind after juice extraction. On its own, it is just agricultural trash. But when you introduce oyster mushroom mycelium—the root‑like network of fungi—something remarkable happens. The mycelium bonds the loose fibres into a dense, stable panel. That panel can insulate a wall, line […]