Mycelium is everywhere – in leaf litter, compost piles, mulch, crops after harvest, and even in the dead wood under our feet.

It looks like leather and it feels like leather. Soon, Mylo, the animal-free hide engineered from the branching root network that sprouts mushrooms, may even become as widely available as leather.

Mushrooms are currently enjoying a cultural renaissance beyond the kitchen. Psilocybin, the active ingredient in psychedelic ‘shrooms’, is being touted for use in the treatment of anxiety and ...

Normally if a jacket rips you'd either need to repair it or eventually replace it, but what if the jacket could repair itself? This is exactly what scientists have been looking at in a new study on ...