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Dress made of living mycelium can renew and repair itself

78 points · 47 comments · speckx

  1. dustfinger · · focus · HN ↗
    I wonder if there is a health hazard wearing this due to breathing in spores or toxins released into the air? Or perhaps there is a risk that the wearer will absorb harmful chemicals secreted by the mycelium via contact with the wearer's skin? Very interesting none the less. I have imagined humans making living clothes for a long time, so it is nice to see that idea materialize.
    1. Qem · · focus · HN ↗
      > Or perhaps there is a risk that the wearer will absorb harmful chemicals secreted by the mycelium via contact with the wearer's skin?

      Or just getting a bad itch.

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