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by jjtheblunt 125 days ago
> "vegan leather" when it is in fact just plastic.

https://knowingfabric.com/mushroom-leather-mycelium-sustaina...

is pretty neat

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Mycelium is neat, but last time I heard of it the problem was far, far too low manufacturing throughput.

I don't think anyone would even consider marketing that as "vegan leather", as doing so would mean putting you in the same bucket as cheap-as-dirt polyurethane (which is what regular "vegan leather" is), at an astronomically higher price. You'd pick a new term to differentiate.

I vote for "shroomskin".

excellent name!
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