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In the circular economy, reduction of the vigorous usages of nonrenewable resources is becoming the leading scenario. Fungal mycelium is the vegetative part of fungus consisting of a number of filamentous fibers that extend out of the fungus and is considered to be natural, fast growing, safe, and renewable. The ability to form self-assembling bonds helps them to grow quickly on biological and agricultural wastes and produce miles of thin fibers which bind to the substrate to form a strong biodegradable material and can easily be shaped for the production of packaging materials, architecture, and various new designed objects. With the benefit of cost-effective raw materials and sustainable substitute to polystyrene like hazardous synthetic materials, this mycelia-based material is becoming the material of choice. This chapter reviews the present scenario of technology-based mushroom cultivation using wastes generated from the agricultural industries and also focuses on a variety of utilizations as an alternative replacement for synthetic polystyrene.
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Mojumdar, A., Behera, H.T., Ray, L. (2021). Mushroom Mycelia-Based Material: An Environmental Friendly Alternative to Synthetic Packaging. In: Vaishnav, A., Choudhary, D.K. (eds) Microbial Polymers. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-0045-6_6
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