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KSU spinout Mycologic pitches containerized mushroom modules to Georgia growers
Summary
At a Small Business Development Committee meeting, Chris Cornelison described Mycologic's containerized 'fruiting modules' that automate mushroom cultivation, citing pilot results in Dalton and grant funding from state and federal programs.
Chris Cornelison, identified in the meeting as a professor of microbiology and co‑founder of Mycologic, told the Small Business Development Committee that his company has developed a containerized, data‑driven system to grow specialty mushrooms.
Mycologic’s product is a converted 40‑foot shipping container with embedded sensors and software to control humidity, CO2 and temperature tailored to specific mushroom varieties. Cornelison said the company currently supports “over 23 varieties of choice edible medicinal mushrooms” and that the unit is “optimized for mushrooms.”
The company pitched the system as a way for Georgia growers to add a high‑margin crop without arable land and to reuse abundant agricultural byproducts. Cornelison said his team can use spent cotton gin byproducts and peanut shells as substrate inputs and that the approach can “recycle bulk, residues” while…
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