Science
That Mushroom Motorcycle Jacket Will Never Go Out of Style – The New York Times
Leather goods made of fungi are versatile and sustainable, a new study finds.
Fungal leather is also potentially more sustainable than other leather sources. The tanning process is energy intensive and produces quite a bit of sludge waste and the production of synthetic leather requires plastic, which involves oil. Youre getting a biological organism to do all of your manufacturing for you, so theres no real energy requirement, Dr. Jones said.
It doesnt require light. And once youve got this material, you can process it according to quite simple chemical treatments compa…
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