Growing furniture from fungus is a real concept.

Eben Bayer, co-founder and CEO of biomaterials company Ecovative Design, outlined a vision for a sustainable economy powered by 'nature’s toolkit,' in keynoting the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Sustainability Forum in Washington D.C.

At ICFF 2016, Terreform ONE, an architecture and design group, showcases its design for the Mushroom Chaise, a futuristic lounge chair made from biodegradable mushrooms.ICFF runs from May 14-17, 2016 at the Jacob Javits Center.

In an SEC filing, Ecovative Design says investors put $4 million into its efforts to use mushroom-derived adhesives in place of plastic polymers for produce plywood and other engineered panel in furniture and architectural millwork.

Ecovative Design has made a mission of replacing synthetic plastic polymers with natural mushroom based polymers, called mycellium. First used in packaging and OSB-alternatives, new applications are being developed to replace plywood in furniture.