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Dress made of living mycelium can renew and repair itself

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  1. juancn · · focus · HN ↗
    How does it smell though?
    1. ComputerPerson · · focus · HN ↗
      Most people associate mushrooms and fungi with the smell of their substrate; they commonly don't have a strong smell themselves

      I doubt it has a smell stronger than the wearer

      edit: this is a bad take, upon further research

      1. AlanYx · · focus · HN ↗
        The mushroom smell isn't from either the substrate or respiration. That distinct odor is 1-octen-3-ol. Biochemists call it "mushroom alcohol." It's caused by enzymatic breakdown of their cell walls, and it thought to be related to signalling.

        I doubt it would be strongly present here. The article says the mycelium are close to dormant.

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