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Clothes made from living fungi can clean and repair themselves
(www.newscientist.com)
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Really sad to see the harm done by the last of us. You are vastly different from a caterpillar, and even then, this thing is pretty picky about the type of caterpillar it affects.
I also wonder how they made it out of living mycelium, but the article is data blocked. But I would totally be first in line for this if it wasn't thousands of dollars.
Weird, I thought maybe newscientist changed their tune on paywalls since this one wasn't blocked for me. Here's an alt link for you:
https://removepaywalls.com/https://www.newscientist.com/article/2581227-clothes-made-from-living-fungi-can-clean-and-repair-themselves/
Mushroom leather! Very cool!
The famous mycobiologist (self sic) Paul Stamets has a hat he wears made from an arboreal species that I assume is less flexible. I'm excited to see if this gets picked up by any manufacturer.
It would be fantastic if it does, or if there were a way to grow your own fashion at home. I can't imagine it being much different from mushroom kits.