Table 1 Young’s modulus (E), maximum tensile strength (σ), elongation at breaking (ε), and density of mycelium of wild type and ∆sc3 S. commune strains grown in the light or in the dark at 400 or 70,000 ppm CO2. n = 5; average ± SEM.
Strain | Growth condition | E (mPa) | σ (mPa) | ε (%) | Density (kg m−3) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wild type | Dark, low CO2 | 749 ± 49 | 9.6 ± 1.1 | 1.2 ± 0.1 | 819 ± 18 |
Dark, high CO2 | 550 ± 48 | 6.5 ± 0.3 | 1.4 ± 0.1 | 683 ± 17 | |
Light, low CO2 | 438 ± 40 | 5.1 ± 0.4 | 1.3 ± 0.1 | 515 ± 10 | |
Light, high CO2 | 913 ± 69 | 9.5 ± 0.6 | 1.3 ± 0.1 | 1026 ± 46 | |
∆sc3 | Dark, low CO2 | 2523 ± 184 | 33.9 ± 2.8 | 1.7 ± 0.2 | 2101 ± 18 |
Dark, high CO2 | 1237 ± 108 | 15.6 ± 2.3 | 1.9 ± 0.1 | 984 ± 36 | |
Light, low CO2 | 1914 ± 156 | 22.3 ± 1.5 | 1.8 ± 0.1 | 1562 ± 56 | |
Light, high CO2 | 2727 ± 95 | 40.4 ± 2.5 | 2.6 ± 0.5 | 1902 ± 38 |
