We have used leather for thousands of years, for clothes, footwear, furniture, containers and “recently”, in motor cars. An article in The Conversation this morning speaks of the option of making leather products in the near future from mushrooms.
Introduction Fungiculture is the process of producing food, medicine and other products by the cultivation of mushrooms and other fungi (like truffles). Unlike plants which depend on the sun, mushrooms rely on their growing medium for food and energy. Examples of this food-and-energy source are compost, mulched hay, sawdust and wood chips. Four important mushroom […]
