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Chinese researchers use fungi to develop flexible living textile

Chinese researchers use fungi to develop flexible living textile

August 10, 2026 |

In China, researchers at the Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences developed a flexible living textile based on Cordyceps militaris. The researchers grew C. militaris in liquid culture, where it formed spherical mycelial pellets composed of intertwined fungal filaments. After being collected and placed into moulds, the pellets naturally bonded […]

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