Scientific Publications / Academic Papers

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Phil Ross. “Fungal Mycelium Bio-Materials.” Cultivated Building Materials: Industrialized Natural Resources for Architecture and Construction. (2017)

Material Innovation Initiative. “Technology Assessment: Mycelium Leather.” (2020) 

Vera Meyer, Evelina Y. Basenko, J. Philipp Benz, Gerhard H. Braus, Mark X. Caddick, Michael Csukai, Ronald P. de Vries, Drew Endy, Jens C. Frisvad, Nina Gunde-Cimerman, Thomas Haarmann, Yitzhak Hadar, Kim Hansen, Robert I. Johnson, Nancy P. Keller, Nada Kraševec, Uffe H. Mortensen, Rolando Perez, Arthur F. J. Ram, Eric Record, Phil Ross, Volha Shapaval, Charlotte Steiniger, Hans van den Brink, Jolanda van Munster, Oded Yarden & Han A. B. Wösten. “Growing a circular economy with fungal biotechnology: a white paper.” Fungal Biology and Biotechnology. (2020)

Mitchell Jones, Antoni Gandia, Sabu John & Alexander Bismarck. “Leather-like material biofabrication using fungi.” Nature Sustainability. (2021)

Simon Vandelook, Elise Elsacker, Aurélie Van Wylick, Lars De Laet & Eveline Peeters. “Current state and future prospects of pure mycelium materials.” Fungal Biology and Biotechnology. (2021)

 

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Caitlin Raux Gunther. “Boosted by venture capital, leather alternatives gain steam.” Vogue Business. (3 Dec 2020)

Rachel Deeley. “Exclusive: Hermès Bets on Mushroom-Based ‘Leather’.” The Business of Fashion. (11 Mar 2021)

Brooke Roberts-Islam. “Mushroom-Based ‘Leather’ Is Now A Scalable Alternative To Animal Leathers, Poised For Market Disruption.” Forbes. (1 Apr 2021)

Alexis Cheung. “Inside the Hermès Workshop That Makes Its Iconic Bags.” Vanity Fair. (16 Sept 2021)

Jess Cartner-Morley. “Californian firm touts ‘mushroom leather’ as sustainability gamechanger.” The Guardian. (2 Dec 2021)

Stephen Johnson. “Inside the lab growing leather from mushrooms.” Freethink*. (11 Dec 2021)

Bella Webb. “Mushroom leather just got one step closer to the mainstream.” Vogue Business. (13 Jan 2022)