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I had a friend years ago who made leather goods from kombucha. Looking it up now, I learned that it's called SCOBY leather. > SCOBY stands for "symbiotic cultu

• Freak_NL 5y ago
  It's an interesting development, but it doesn't look like it really has the qualities leather has (thickness and strength in particular) — it looks more like an alternative for various fabrics. I've seen it mentioned a few times before, but it seems to be a bit stuck on a level of development where the resulting material is nice to use for some proof of concept arts and crafts, but nowhere near a replacement for animal leather. Is SCOBY a dead end or is there more to be expected? Mycelium leather meanwhile seems quite ahead of the game: https://www.mylo-unleather.com/stories/mycelium-leather/ https://www.mylo-unleather.com/stories/mycelium-leather/ Of course, there is a (very) commercial side there that adds a veneer of professionalism, and the brands involved may see this mostly as a very marketable and useful greenwashing effort. Still looks impressive though. (Damn that website's asinine scroll hijacking though! Whoever though that was good idea!? I can't get it to scroll reliably at all!)