when you are with two barely 30-year-old geniuses like gavin mcintyre and evan bair, you are sure tole on something scientifically complex. >> you see the mycilion growing into the log. >> somehow it involves a mushroom. >> we are here at incoe baitive design, i'm a cofounder and scientist at this biomaterial company, where we take local farm waste, mixing it with tissue from mushrooms and growing replacements for plastic used in protective packaging. >> why is it important? what is the problem with polysterene. >> there's packaging, building constructive, tenses of millions of dollars worth used. they are not compatible with the earth's atmosphere. >> we have all seen this. every big product is packaged in this material. these are made from unsustainable petrochemicals and can take up to a hundred years - maybe more - to biodegrade and leave the other. we use agricultural waste, like corn husks as a resin. we combine them, we grow it in a mould to make a shape from everything from packaging. >> a mushroom growing out of a tree is comprise the by mycilian. if you look you you find fi