Scientists produce continuous sheets of sustainable mushroom leather

VTT researchers-team has refined the processes of making textile-structures from mycelium to produce a skin-like material with similar feel and strength to real leather

Samples of mycelium leather sheets produced at VTT Producing leather from animal skin is a practice humans have engaged in…

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Author

Nick Lavars

Source

New Atlas, 2021-07-07.

Supplier

Technical Research Centre of Finland (VTT)

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