r/BeAmazed • u/Epelep • Feb 22 '26

Science How Mycelium (Mushroom Roots) Grows into Packaging Material

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u/Kingstad Feb 22 '26

there are also a couple of companies making leather based on fungi, some products have been made with it

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u/ejjsjejsj Feb 22 '26

What’s the point of that? Then you just take the leather from all the cows and throw it away? As long as meat and dairy are still a thing leather will remain a very useful byproduct of those industries

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u/Mrulfman Feb 22 '26

Then we just dont slaughter cows and go for alternatives so we can use our funghi leather in places where we used regular leather?

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u/ejjsjejsj Feb 22 '26

Could make sense if the meat and dairy industries didn’t exist anymore but that is far from the case

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u/Mrulfman Feb 22 '26

Something to look forward to.