Mycofabrication

In 'mycofabrication', building materials and textiles are grown out of mycelium and replace plastics and leather in many applications.

Three-step mechanism for the mycofabrication of spherical AgNPs by P. glomerata was put forth by Gade et al. (2014) (Fig. 17.3).

The exact mechanism of the mycofabrication is still a mystery, and the revelation of process at the molecular level for metal ion reduction and mycofabrication is desired in order to get fine control over the fabrication of metal nanoparticles of diverse shapes and sizes.