Researchers in China have created a textile from living mycelium that is self-cleaning, near self-repairing and can be coloured or made UV protective through "plug-and-play" add-ons of different fungi or yeast. More about Dress made of living mycelium can renew and repair itself
Danish mycelium company Rebound has partnered with architecture studio Det Levende Hus to create a sustainable interior door with a core made from cultivated fungi. More about Rebound and Det Levende Hus develop "world's first" mass-produced mycelium door
Eames chairs reupholstered with a denim-mycelium hybrid textile and mycelium fibre encased in an acrylic coffee table have been showcased in a biomaterials exhibition in New York City. More about New York exhibition "reimagines the home" using furniture made of biomaterials
Insulation panels made using mycelium and a modular timber construction system were used to create PAKK Pavilion, an angular timber structure in Tallinn, developed by materials company Myceen and the architecture department at the Estonian Academy of Arts. More about Mycelium insulates experimental timber pavilion by Myceen and EKA PAKK
Mushrooms feature on and off the menu at this restaurant near Bukovel, Ukraine, in which design studio YOD Group has installed a series of mycelium curtains. More about Mycelium curtains divide tables in Ukrainian restaurant Grybova Hata
Giant acoustic panels grown from hemp and mycelium are dangling from the domed ceiling of a Sunflower Sound System, a new dance music tent at Glastonbury this week. More about Glastonbury unveils "first-of-its-kind" mycelium-insulated stage
At Copenhagen's 3 Days of Design festival, Dutch manufacturer Aifunghi is debuting a series of furry mycelium chairs that prove sustainable furniture doesn't have to look drab and can actually be produced at a "semi-industrial" scale. More about Moooi alumni launch design brand to make mycelium furniture "a little bit more sexy"
Studio Weave partnered with landscape designer Tom Massey and furniture maker Sebastian Cox to create a mycelium-clad pavilion housing innovative technologies that was presented at the Chelsea Flower Show. More about Studio Weave's Intelligent Garden pavilion features fluted mycelium facade
Cornell researchers have developed a pair of small robots powered by mycelium designed for use in agriculture and space exploration. More about "Biohybrid" robots controlled by mushrooms move in response to light
Design practice Studio TOOJ's illusory Duk furniture series features hard, unmoving forms that look like draped cloth but are made of wood and mycelium. More about Studio TOOJ uses mycelium to craft "dreamlike" Duk tables
Seven French designers and artists have worked with a mycelium-based biomaterial called Reishi to create products including folding screens, desks and lighting fixtures. More about Mycelium Muse exhibition celebrates "variations and irregularities" of mycelium fabric
Product company Gob has launched a pair of compostable, mycelium earplugs that were designed as an alternative to the 40 billion plastic earplugs produced each year. More about Gob creates single-use mycelium earplugs designed to "feed the soil" after use
Local design firm Fefostudio and architect Kamilla Csegzi have created a large table made from mycelium inset with openings for custom glassware for the Collectible design fair in New York. More about Fefostudio and Kamilla Csegzi create mycelium-based Ephemeral Table
Two British materials companies, Sages and Osmose, have collaborated to dye sheets of mycelium with natural food waste, mimicking the appearance of tanned leather and suggesting a colourful future for the biomaterial. More about Food-waste dyes bring colour to mycelium leather in Sages and Osmose project
A team of Rhode Island School of Design students and researchers have created tesselated, floating planting beds made of a mycelium biomaterial to cleanse waterways of pollutants and restore wetland habitat. More about RISD researchers create floating mycelium pods to cleanse waterways
A new design trend prioritises the needs of bugs and animals above human beings. Rima Sabina Aouf finds out if "interspecies design" is the next step in creating more sustainable spaces and objects. More about Animal-centric interspecies design goes "beyond sustainability"
Dezeen Showroom: a duo of room dividing screens clad in panels made from waste orange peel and mycelium are among seven new products featured on Dezeen Showroom. More about Veggro collection among new products on Dezeen Showroom
This exclusive video shot by Dezeen features some of the best installations featured at this year's Glastonbury festival, including outlandish stages and a mushroom mycelium pavilion. More about Architecture and design highlights from Glastonbury 2023 captured in Dezeen video
Festival set designer Simon Carroll has created the spiralling Hayes Pavilion from salvaged timber and mycelium at Glastonbury festival to challenge the industry's over-reliance on polystyrene foam. More about Glastonbury's mushroom mycelium pavilion explores sustainable stage design
Design studio Nina+Co has used materials informed by the ingredients used in natural skincare products for Big Beauty's first store in Hackney, London. More about Nina+Co uses salvaged materials and biotextiles for Big Beauty's first store