Publications
Mycelium as Medium
Telhan, O., Winiski, J., Schaak, D., Siegel, M., Petrillo, N., & Bayer, E. (2026). Morphologically tunable mycelium chips for physical reservoir computing. Scientific Reports. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-026-55550-5
Winiski, J. (2026). MycoIris: The Fungal Colony as a Polymorphic Analogue to the Human Iris in Biometric Workflows (v1.0.0). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20336297
Aerial Mycelium Technology
Winiski J, McIntyre GR, Carlton AJ, Bevevino JA. Methods for Controlling Geometric Regularity and Homogeneity of Aerial Mycelium Topologies and Products of Aerial Mycelium With Geometrically Regular or Homogeneous Topologies (2025). United States Patent Application US20250081899A1.
Winiski J, Kiser KJ. Growth Media Compositions and Growth Environmental Conditions for Improved Aerial Mycelium (2024). United States Patent Application US20240352400A1; WIPO Patent Application WO2024226467A1.
Sword BM, Carlton AJ, Snyder AT, Winiski JM. Methods and Systems for Increasing Homogeneity of an Extra-Particle Aerial Mycelium (2024). United States Patent Application US20240352398A1; WIPO Patent Application WO2024226486A2 / WO2024226486A3.
Snyder AT, Winiski JM, Bayer ED. Methods for Controlling Geometric Regularity and Homogeneity of Aerial Mycelium Topologies and Products of Aerial Mycelium With Geometrically Regular or Homogeneous Topologies (2023). WIPO Patent Application WO2023172696A1 / WO2023172696A9.
Winiski J, Carlton AJ, McIntyre GR, Mueller PJ, Bayer ED, Snyder AT, O’Brien MA, Kaplan-Bie JH, Friedman AS, Hazen RA, Lomnes S. Aerial Mycelia and Methods of Making Same (2021). United States Patent Application US20220354152A1; United States Patent Grants US12433315B2 and US12582145B2; WIPO Patent Application WO2022235688A1.
Winiski J, Kaplan-Bie JH, McIntyre GR, Mueller PJ, O’Brien MA, Carlton AJ, Bayer ED, Hazen RA, Lomnes S, Snyder AT. Edible Mycelia and Methods of Making the Same (2020). United States Patent Application US20220333055A1; WIPO Patent Application WO2021092051A1.
Bayer ED, McIntyre GR, Mueller PJ, O’Brien MA, Schaak D, Winiski JM, Carlton AJ. Methods of Generating Mycelial Scaffolds and Applications Thereof (2020). United States Patent Applications US20200157506A1, US20210401019A1, and US20240067930A1; WIPO Patent Application WO2020106743A1.
Greetham L, McIntyre GR, Bayer ED, Winiski JM, Araldi S. Mycological Biopolymers Grown in Void Space Tooling (2014). United States Patent Grant US11277979B2; United States Patent Applications US20150033620A1 and US20220290199A1.
Mycelium
Composites
Bayer ED, Winiski JM, Lucht MJ, Mueller PJ, McIntyre GR, O’Brien MA. Open-Cell Mycelium Foam and Method of Making Same (2019). United States Patent Application US20190390156A1; WIPO Patent Application WO2019246636A2 / WO2019246636A3 / WO2019246636A9.
Winiski J, Van Hook SS, McIntyre GR, Lucht MJ. Process for Solid-State Cultivation of Mycelium on a Lignocellulose Substrate (2016). United States Patent Grant US9914906B2; United States Patent Application US20160264926A1; WIPO Patent Application WO2016149002A1.
McIntyre GR, Tudryn GJ, Betts J, Winiski JM. Stiff Mycelium Bound Part and Method of Producing Stiff Mycelium Bound Parts (2014). United States Patent Grant US10144149B2; United States Patent Application US20150038619A1.
Bioprospecting
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BioFoundries
Winiski J. Tissue Morphologies in Filamentous Fungi (2018). United States Patent Application US20200208097A1; Corrected Publication US20210348117A9.
Winiski J. Method for Stimulating the Expression of Specific Tissue Morphologies in Filamentous Fungi (2016). United States Patent Grant US10125347B2; United States Patent Application US20160002589A1.
Lucht MJ, Winiski JM, Van Hook SS, Carlton AJ, McIntyre GR. Cultivation of Xylaria Species Biomass as a Binding Agent in Material Production (2016). United States Patent Grant US10266695B2; United States Patent Application US20160302364A1.
Winiski J, Van Hook SS. Tissue Morphology Produced with the Fungus Pycnoporus cinnabarinus (2013). United States Patent Grant US9085763B2; United States Patent Application US20140120602A1.
McIntyre GR, Winiski JM, Van Hook SS, Greetham L, Hart C. Fungal Leachate and Method of Making Same (2013). United States Patent Application US20130309755A1.
Winiski J, Van Hook SS, McIntyre GR. Process for the Production and Utilization of Chlamydospore Rich Slurry Inoculum (2013). United States Patent Application US20140186927A1.
Bioprocess Platforms
Winiski, J. (2026). FUNGI-TUBE: Fungal Growth & Innovation Tube Bioreactor (Version 1.0.0) [Software]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20366746
Bayer ED, Baker SE, McIntyre GR, Mueller PJ, Mundt JA, Rosenberg JN, Telhan O, Winiski JM. Methods and Systems for Modifying Aerial Mycelium Growth Trajectories In Situ, and Aerial Mycelium-Based Materials Produced Thereby Through In Situ Growth Intervention Actions (2025). United States Patent Application US20250176479A1.
Bayer ED, Mueller PJ, Rosenberg JN, Telhan O, Winiski JM. Methods, Systems, and Related Machine Learning Tools for Controlled Growth of Aerial Mycelium, Including Targeted Assembly of Mycelial Growth Substrates, Selection of Aerial Mycelium Materials for Suitable End Uses, and Aerial Mycelium Materials Produced Thereby (2025). United States Patent Application US20250179413A1.
Hyde, K.D., Xu, J., Rapior, S. et al (2019). The amazing potential of fungi: 50 ways we can exploit fungi industrially. Fungal Diversity. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13225-019-00430-9
Mueller PJ, Winiski JM, O’Brien MA. Process and Apparatus for Producing Mycelium Biomaterial (2019). United States Patent Grant US11343979B2; United States Patent Application US20190357454A1.
Winiski J, Mueller PJ. Bioreactor Paradigm for the Production of Secondary Extra-Particle Hyphal Matrices (2019). United States Patent Grant US11359174B2; United States Patent Application US20200102530A1; WIPO Patent Application WO2020072140A1.