Vegan leather made from mushrooms could mould the future of sustainable fashion

Sep 11, 2020

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With climate change at the forefront of societal change, we look to the fashion industry to do its part. Image: Unsplash/Florian van Duyn

Mitchell P. Jones

Postdoctoral researcher, Vienna University of Technology

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