Mycelium is the vegetative part of a fungus or fungus-like bacterial colony, consisting of a mass of branching, thread-like hyphae. Fungal colonies composed of mycelium are found in and on soil and many other substrates. A typical single spore germinates into a homokaryotic mycelium (which cannot reproduce sexually). When two compatible homokaryotic mycelia join and form a dikaryotic mycelium, they form fruiting bodies such as mushrooms.

Mycelium is part of a fungus that consists of a mass of slim, branch-like structures, capable of producing spores which absorb nutrients from the environment to grow the fungus. The size of mycelia can range from microscopic to large and visible to the naked eye, with the largest mycelium known is in Oregon and stretches 3.8 kilometres and is 2,200 years old.

The coolest thing is that it has properties like that of a natural glue. When you introduce it to agricultural waste, it binds everything together to create a positive-impact resource, replacing unsustainable synthetics like polystyrene or polyethylene. We worked with some mycelium experts at a company called Ecovative to grow our packaging trays out of mycelium. This means they contain no petroleum and degrade naturally in the soil within 30 days.