This research is really taking off. We have conducted workshops at the Telluride Mushroom Festival (an event that I help to organize throught the Telluride Institute) on precisely these topics for many years, led principally by Sue Van Hook. Just last year, a coupla talks focused extensively on products created with mushroom-based technologies (especially John Michelotti, founder of Catskill Fungi).
We have the capacity to move immediately towards eco-friendly projects with this emerging technology.
Here are some recent references for the archive:
https://www.ecovative.com/ (the firm for which Sue worked for many years…)
https://issuu.com/rebeccamarieramsey/docs/tactical_mycelium_final
https://pure.tue.nl/ws/files/15138585/leliproduct2015.pdf
https://seaweedcommons.org/alternative-materials-in-aquaculture/
https://www.fungiakuafo.com/3d-printing-with-mycelium/
https://www.3dnatives.com/en/mycelium-filament-for-sustainable-soundproofing-020220215/
A project that I keep meaning to return to is the idea of using 3D printing and CNC milling as techniques to build reusable molds for myceliated building materials. The flip side is to work towards developing myco-filaments that can be directly deposited as an additive building method. There are many “green” filaments being developed—one of the most promising utilizes “nuisance algae”: https://www.3dprintlife.com/alga . This area is in its infancy. Here’s a cool example of a hybrid extruded material that uses a combo of mycelia and old coffee cups (here in a London Gallery): https://www.dezeen.com/2022/01/18/blast-studio-tree-column-mycelium-design/#:~:text=London%20practice%20Blast%20Studio%20has,reminiscent%20of%20a%20tree%20trunk.