Ecovative by U.S. Dept. of Agriculture published on 2016-10-30T12:58:10Z USDA provided SBIR funding to a small company called Ecovative Design, which has developed a biodegradable packaging that uses mushroom/fungal mycelia—mycelia are the growth fibers of fungi. Dell is currently using the technology for their packaging of computer equipment http://www.ecovativedesign.com