The latest novel application of mushroom mycelium seems to be one that could be a winner.
Mycelium has been shown in lab work to act as a thermal protective material.
There is hope that it could be used as a cladding to protect structures from fires - and we’ve been seeing a lot more of them recently around the globe.
Here’s hoping the new research by the folk at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology in Australia bears some fruit.
Areas stricken by wildfires will need all the help they can get in the years ahead.
