NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — A large mushroom farm near the Kenyan capital of Nairobi is one of a kind: It grows fungi on an industrial scale — not as food for restaurants but as a building material that ...

Winding down Route 322 east on a drizzly May morning, I felt awash in the green canopy of trees that lined the highway. The Juniata River was high, and the atmosphere was saturated. It was a perfect ...

MycoTile grows mushroom roots to make affordable, eco-friendly panels. Fungi-based materials could help ease Nairobi’s housing shortage. Mycelium panels cost about one-third less than traditional ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A Kenyan company makes building panels from mushroom roots that cost two-thirds the price of traditional materials ...