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Mycelium Composite Growth Lab

Interactive 3D simulator: grow a mycelium-bound biomaterial composite from agricultural waste inside a mold. Tune temperature, humidity and fiber blend and watch the fungal colonization front spread, with live density, compressive strength and avoided-CO2 readouts versus polystyrene foam.

Materials Science3DModerate60 FPS📱 Mobile-adapted⇄ 2D version

Watch a real climate-tech material form from the inside out: fungal mycelium colonizing a mold of agricultural waste (sawdust or hemp hurd), binding it into a rigid, compostable composite that is already replacing expanded polystyrene in protective packaging and rigid insulation. This simulator grows a 3D grid of substrate cells outward from randomized spore points using the logistic hyphal-colonization kinetics real mycology labs use to schedule incubation, with temperature and humidity sliders driving the growth rate exactly as they do in a production tent. Live readouts track colonized fraction, bulk density, compressive strength and — because the whole point of this material is climate impact — the CO₂e avoided against a same-size block of virgin EPS foam.

⚙ Under the hood

Grow a mycelium-bound biomaterial composite from agricultural waste inside a mold. Tune temperature, humidity and fiber blend and watch the fungal colonization front spread through a 3D substrate grid, with live density, compressive strength and CO2 avoided readouts versus polystyrene foam.

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3D · Three.js / WebGL renderer · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install