MycoTint
2026
Materials Design
MIT Media Lab
Mycelium composites are emerging as sustainable alternatives in furniture & architecture, yet no bio-based material can non-destructively report its internal stress history after fabrication. MycoTint tries to address this challenge by engineering Ganoderma lucidum to function as a living mechanical stress reporter by coupling the cell wall integrity (CWI) signaling pathway to heterologous indigoidine


