Inside the lab growing leather from mushrooms | Hard Reset by Freethink
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- Inside the lab growing leather from mushrooms | Matthew L. Scullin, CEO of MycoWorks
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As the fashion industry faces pressure to become more sustainable, many companies are turning to one of the promising leather alternatives on the market: mushroom leather.
It’s not just fringe fashion. In March 2021, the French luxury goods company Hermès released a new version of its popular $5,000 Victoria duffle bag that’s made from mycelium - the thread-like fungal roots that grow underneath mushrooms. The fungus leather shares common traits with animal leather: durability, strength, aesthetics, and feel. But the differences in environmental impact are stark.
The majority of leather products come from cattle, which are one of the world’s top greenhouse gas emitters, mainly through belching methane. And while most cattle are raised and slaughtered for beef and dairy products, leather helps sustain the industry, and the leather tanning process can release toxic chrome into the water supply.
Founded in 2013, MycoWorks is a California-based company that uses mycelium to produce sustainable materials. The startup is one in a growing field that believes the best way to curb the fashion industry’s environmental footprint is through fungi - a vast kingdom of diverse and largely mysterious organisms that account for 25% of all biomass worldwide.
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What do you think this material could be used for?
They are guarding the production process tightly. More real information would have been useful but this little teaser has indeed garnered some attention.
So can we buy this? Or invest in the company? Sounds promising.
It looks like they’ve grown extremely thick mushroom leather… and that would be useful and desirable!
Great job at showing durability tests of fungi leather about 5 times, but not mentioning once how well it performs compared to normal leather. .
I've been saying we should use mushrooms as a skin for robots to get a real feel
The technology would grow and become cheap if there's a demand and money thrown at it. I'll buy a mushroom pants. As long as it can withstand a 7 month (even longer) wear and tear.
So it looks nice, and feels nice, but is it tough enough for a blacksmith to use for an apron? Or for my leather boots that need to have specific cut or electrical-resistance? I'm just hoping this isn't a "looks-good, feels-good" solution.
I love the amazing companies that this channel finds.
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This is a brilliantly produced series 🎉
This is really cool!
Good stuff! I’m all for it.
this is incredible
I like this 8min video energy coming from this.
Mushroom Leather sounds like a savory fruit roll up
Awesome! But how much does it cost?
There is going to be fungus amongus and I love it
Can mycelium really grow into 3 dimensions as easily as on flat sheets? Or will gravity always be a problem, prohibiting consistency of growth? And how will it grow in a microgravity environment? Since we're talking about space, perhaps this is one more industry that might benefit from expanding access to LEO on a massive scale.
So out of the three. Who stands the best chance at pioneering this? Mycoworks, boltthreads or evocative? Or a fourth/fifth player?