Patent ID: 11937553
Assignee: MYCOWORKS, INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  C | IPC A

Claim 7:
8. A method for producing a mycelium mass, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a mycelium mass producing system having a culture unit, a spore stock unit, a plating unit, a section unit, a sub-plating unit, an expanding unit and a colonization unit, wherein the mycelium mass producing system comprises a growing space comprising a tray having a conveying platform and a permeable membrane with a plurality of pores positioned on the conveying platform, wherein in a surface of a mass of mycelium grown within said growing space, less than 10% of said surface exhibits the formation of fruiting bodies;
obtaining a live culture sample of fungus to prepare a monokaryon culture at the culture unit;
growing a plurality of fruit bodies in sterile conditions to create a spore stock at the spore stock unit;
performing a peroxide-based spore rescue and a plating process at the plating unit;
sectioning a plurality of robust hyphae upon successful germination of the peroxide-based spore at the section unit;
sub-plating and expanding the plurality of robust hyphae onto a spawn grain master at the sub-plating unit;
subsequently expanding the spawn grain master into production of spawn volume at the expanding unit; and
performing subsequent colonization of a mycelium substrate thereby creating a defect free mass of mycelium at the colonization unit.