A vegan leather made of dormant fungi can repair itself

Researchers developed a leather alternative made from dormant fungus that can be reanimated and then regrow when damaged.

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But first, the team will need to make the leather stronger and determine how to control the chlamydospores’ growth. Otherwise, he says, someone could “walk out in the rain, and then all of a sudden find that [their] jacket is growing, or perhaps [has] mushrooms popping out of it.

I mean if it's edible I'd be stoked. I never cared for wearing much leather other than gloves but I would be the first in line to buy some shroom fleather, especially if it was magical. Imagine how fucking trippy that shit would be.