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Beech granulate 0.5–12.0 mm, 1:1:1 vol. – control (no fibres) · G. lucidum (BSML)

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Ganoderma lucidum (M9726) · Centre for IT and Architecture (CITA), Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen (DK)

Recipe

How this sample was made, step by step · total growth 28 days
  1. 1

    Substrate

    Beech wood granulate HB 500/1000 (0.5–1 mm; J. Rettenmaier & Söhne GmbH + Co KG, Rosenberg (DE))
    Beech wood granulate HB 750/2000 (0.75–3 mm; J. Rettenmaier & Söhne GmbH + Co KG, Rosenberg (DE))
    Beech wood granulate KL 2/16 (4–12 mm; J. Rettenmaier & Söhne GmbH + Co KG, Rosenberg (DE))
  2. 2

    Sterilisation

    Method
    Autoclaving
    Details
    121 °C, 15 min (substrate, fibres and fabric)
  3. 3

    Inoculation

    Fungus
    Ganoderma lucidum · M9726
    Inoculum
    Grain spawn
    Rate
    16 wt%
    Water content
    40 %
  4. 4

    Pre-growth

    7 days
    Where
    bag / container
  5. 5

    Growth in mould

    21 days
    Mould
    aerated PETG moulds; pre-growth in PP filter bags (SacO2 PPD50/REH4+1/V22-49)
    Temperature
    25 °C
    Light
    dark
  6. 6

    Inactivation

    Method
    Oven drying
    Temperature
    60 °C
    Duration
    48 h
  7. 7

    Specimen & testing

    Geometry
    prism 36 × 36 × 144 mm (nominal), dried 34 × 34 × 140 mm
    Dry density
    220.59 kg/m³
    Measurements
    3

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Beech wood granulate 0.5–12.0 mm, 1:1:1 vol., control (no fibres). Grown without an external mycelium skin.

Measurements

Mechanical

PropertyValuenTest standardConditions
Compressive strength 0.23709 ± 0.03173 MPa 6 ASTM D1037 (compression parallel to surface, short-column method) stored at 4 °C / 65 % RH before testing
ultimate strength, 237.09 ± 31.73 kPa in the paper; 1.0 mm/min
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Compressive modulus 2.17 ± 0.36 MPa 6 ASTM D1037 (compression parallel to surface, short-column method) stored at 4 °C / 65 % RH before testing
1.0 mm/min
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Physical properties

PropertyValuenTest standardConditions
Density 220.59 ± 8.12 kg/m³ 6 dried specimen edit

Production

Fungus & inoculation

Fungus
Ganoderma lucidum (M9726)
Inoculum type
Grain spawn
Inoculation rate [wt%]
16
Water content at inoculation [%]
40
Sterilisation
Autoclaving
Sterilisation – details
121 °C, 15 min (substrate, fibres and fabric)

Growth

Pre-growth (bag) [days]
7
Growth in mould [days]
21
Temperature [°C]
25
Light
dark
Mould / mould material
aerated PETG moulds; pre-growth in PP filter bags (SacO2 PPD50/REH4+1/V22-49)

Post-processing

Inactivation
Oven drying
Inactivation – temperature [°C]
60
Inactivation – duration [h]
48

Specimen

Specimen geometry
prism 36 × 36 × 144 mm (nominal), dried 34 × 34 × 140 mm
Dry density [kg/m³]
220.59

Notes

Substrate, fibres and fabric adjusted to 40 % moisture with mineral water; mixed with 16 wt% spawn, 7 days in the bag, then broken up and packed into the mould together with the fibres. Granulates in a 1:1:1 volume ratio.

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