mycofabrication

English

Etymology

From myco- +‎ fabrication.

Noun

mycofabrication (uncountable)

1. The production of materials by using fungi to grow them.
   • 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 11:

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

   • 2021, Mahendra Rai, Beata Zimowska, György János Kövics, Phoma: Diversity, Taxonomy, Bioactivities, and Nanotechnology, page 320:

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

   • 2022, Tulasi Satyanarayana, Sunil Kumar Deshmukh, Mukund V. Deshpande, Progress in Mycology: Biology and Biotechnological Applications, page 257:

     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.