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15 April 20259 April 2025

Reishi™ Enters a New Era of Interior Design with Its First Industrial Collaboration with Ligne Roset

The MycoWorks Scalable Biomaterial Proves Its Exceptional Performance and Aesthetic Potential in High-End Furniture


24 January 202521 January 2025

Glowing textiles, fungi lamps: the world of biobased luxury

We look at the makers experimenting with natural materials for style-conscious markets that insist on aesthetic value along with sustainability and performance


18 March 20242 April 2024

Biotech fashion takes naturally sourced textiles literally

As fashion weeks in both the U.S. and Europe come to a close, it begs the question of staying fashionable and environmentally friendly


16 February 20246 February 2024

MycoWorks Announces First 1000 Sheets Harvested and First Commercial Shipments

The sheets will first pass through the expert hands of MycoWorks' partner tanneries across Europe, transforming Fine Mycelium™ into products including the company's own flagship material Reishi™


28 September 202325 September 2023

Biotech Company MycoWorks Begins Production at the World’s First Commercial-Scale Fine Mycelium™ Plant in Union, South Carolina

Providing the company's luxury leather alternative Reishi™


MycoWorks plant kommerzielle Myzelfabrik für luxuriöses, tierfreies Leder

Nach Angaben von MycoWorks erfüllt Reishi die Luxusstandards für Materialleistung, ohne Kunststoffe zu verwenden


16 August 202311 August 2023

MycoWorks to Open World’s First Commercial-Scale Fine Mycelium™ Plant In September

136,000 Square Foot Facility to Scale Production of Luxury Leather Alternative Reishi™


28 February 202323 February 2023

From Lab to Market: Bio-Based Products Are Gaining Momentum

Propelled by government investment and shareholder demand, manufacturers are pushing to get bio-based products into the marketplace. These new materials — made from plants, fungi, and microbes — aim to replace those that contain toxins and are difficult to recycle or reuse


29 August 202222 August 2022

MycoWorks Commercializes Reishi™, the World’s First Plastic-Free, Mycelium Leather Alternative, with Luxury Hatmaker Nick Fouquet

Nick Fouquet introduces the Reishi™ Collection, comprised of three new hat styles made with Reishi™ by MycoWorks, now available to shop on NickFouquet.com


12 May 20229 May 2022

The Future Is…Fungi?: This Biotech Company Transforms Mushrooms Into Luxury Materials Used by Hermès

At MycoWorks' "Freedom of Creation" exhibit, co-founder and chief of culture Sophia Wang discusses how artistic beginnings launched a biotech company that's churning out fungi-fueled materials fit for "a prince's yacht" - and driving sustainability and diversity in the corporate world


22 February 202216 February 2022

5 Dinge, die aus Pilzmyzel bestehen können (und sollten!)

Pilzmyzel ist ein nachwachsender und komplett recyclebarer Rohstoff und kann sogar als Nahrung für neue Pilze dienen - ein Schritt in Richtung einer Kreislaufwirtschaft


3 February 202226 January 2022

Mushroom Leather: The Next Big Trend in Sustainable Fashion?

MycoWorks, a San Francisco based biotechnology company, has been working on a mushroom leather alternative and is now ready to scale it up


28 January 202227 January 2022

MycoWorks Raises $125 Million Series C Financing to Fund Mass Production of Fine Mycelium™

Led by Prime Movers Lab, Financing to Launch MycoWorks' First Full-Scale Production Plant to Meet Demand for Sustainable, Luxury-Quality Leather Alternatives


29 September 202129 September 2021

Oslo Startup Secures Funds For Fungi Food and Materials Solutions

NoMy has announced the closing of a seed funding round to accelerate its fungi-powered sustainable solutions. Based in Oslo, the Norwegian startup uses fungal mycelium to develop alternatives for everything from food to materials, such as alternative meat and bioplastics


12 August 20213 August 2022

Baustoffe aus Pilzen, Algen und Sonnenlicht

natureplus Web-Seminar präsentierte inspirierende Innovationen, die den Bausektor nachhaltig verändern könnten


11 June 202116 June 2021

Hermès präsentiert Tasche aus Pilzleder

Im Labor gezüchteter Lederersatz erreicht den Luxusmarkt


21 October 202016 October 2020

Why the search for the perfect vegan leather starts on the forest floor

One of the biggest challenges with fungi-derived leather is making a uniform "mat" with consistent thickness, appearance and color, while to balance durability with biodegradability


28 September 202023 September 2020

Vegan leather for sustainable fashion

Recent publication in Nature Sustainability on vegan leather investigates ‘fungus-derived renewable leather substitutes’ versus animal and synthetic leathers


8 October 20194 October 2019

Can We Redesign The Modern City With Synthetic Biology? Could We Grow Our Houses Instead Of Building Them?

Incorporating living organisms into our existing construction methods— is already underway


17 November 201715 November 2017

Lab-grown leather and spider silk are the future of your wardrobe

Burgeoning startups are hacking cells to create ‘unnatural’ and ‘smart’ clothing

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