Table 4.

Overview of material properties in compression of mycelium composites grown with 1 to 5% nanoclay. The standard deviation is performed with three specimens.

Label	Dry Density [kg/m3]	Compressive Strength [Mpa]	Corresponding Strain [%]	Young’s Modulus [Mpa]
1% NC-mycelium	180.14 ± 0.01	0.12354	42.85	0.52 ± 0.02
2.5% NC-mycelium	183.16 ± 0.08	0.12356	42.52	0.54 ± 0.02
3.5% NC-mycelium	176.82 ± 0.02	0.11932	42.41	0.45 ± 0.01
5% NC-mycelium	175.31 ± 0.02	0.12804	43.00	0.45 ± 0.01
Control	172.34 ± 0.04	0.10715	43.50	0.34 ± 0.01