Product Reviews: Whole Home ➜ Biophilia ➜ Mushroom

Mushroom-Based Furniture

By Dr. Meg Christensen

Dr. Meg Christensen is the founder of Interior Medicine, a physician-created resource on non-toxic home products and household exposures. Her layer-by-layer analysis of materials and products draws on her background in medicine, biochemistry, epidemiology, and clinical research.

Updated October 2025

MushLume Lighting

Lighting fixtures including pendants, desk lamps, and more, with lampshades grown from mushroom roots (mycelium), rather than made in a factory. MushLume is committed to non-toxic materials that biodegrade at the end of their life.

Myceen Mycelium Wall Panels

Acoustic panels made out of mycelium to improve acoustic quality in your home. Each tile is carbon-negative, trapping 1.5kg of CO2 inside. Non-toxic and beyond sustainable.

Mycelium Furniture

Adorno carries several pieces of furniture made from mushroom roots, including a stool, coffee tables, side tables, and more. The stool above is by Swedish designer Olle Sahlqvist.

Grow.bio Kits

Grow your own planters, acoustic tiles, bricks, and any shape you want, with Grow.bio’s at-home mycelium kits. Kits ship straight to your door.

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More About Mycelium Furniture

What is mycelium?

Mycelium is essentially the roots of mushrooms, or more accurately, a “network of hyphae.” They live in soil and on other organic things like logs, and are beneficial to plants around them. They are safe, and are used in bioremediation and composting. Now, mycelium is also being used to make furniture, and even foam alternatives.

Why is mushroom furniture popular?

Furniture made with mushroom roots is becoming more popular because it is carbon-negative, very strong, insulating,  and can be used as an alternative to foam and plastic. It’s a type of biophilic design.

What is Biophilic Design?

In short, it connects the people inside a building to nature— in all its forms. That means using rocks, metals, geometry, warm light, vistas, refuges, and views, in addition to greenery. It also includes fresh air, pure water, and natural noise. It includes physical, sensory, metaphorical, morphological, material, and spiritual aspects of nature.

Product Reviews: Whole Home ➜ Biophilia ➜ Mushroom