Californian firm touts ‘mushroom leather’ as sustainability gamechanger

Photograph: carla tramullasPhotograph: carla tramullasVegan alternatives to leather could save more than just animals. The scientists behind fashion’s new latest must-have – the “mushroom leather” handbag – believe that mycelium, a material grown from fungi which can be engineered to look and feel like calfskin or sheepskin, could help save the planet.

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AlanTudyk Minecraft should sue.

Yea, do that, use mushrooms to make clothes, it's not food! says🥑🥥🍅

If I wear it will it make me a fun guy?

Thought facts were sacred Vegan materials will not save animals; hides are by-products of meat. Higg MSI can’t be used to compare materials. Where is the proof that this last longer than leather? Greenwashing tannerybloke ILMEditor COTANCE_ unicitalia soth0819

but how long will it last? if it's meant to break down, it will have a limited lifespan. therein lies the conundrum.

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