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    Leather-like material biofabrication using Pleurotus osteatus
    (National Aviation University, 2021-04) Barabash, Alina; Deschenko, Vladyslav; Chuk, Oleksiy; Барабаш, Аліна; Дещенко, Владислав; Чук, Олексій
    Leather remаins one of the most durable and versatile natural materials. However, some consumers question the ethicаl ramifications and environmental sustainability of wearing products sourced from аnimals. Fungi-derived leather substitutes are an emerging class of ethically and environmentally responsible fabrics that are increasingly meeting consumer aesthetic and functional expectations and winning favor аs an alternative to bovine and synthetic leathers. The new material uses agricultural and forestry byproducts, such as sawdust, to grow chitinous polymers and other polysaccharides that form into mats of mycelium, the underlying root networks of fungi. From there, the material is altered physically and chemically to visually resemble leather and exhibit comparable properties. The main task of the experimental work was to obtain the prototype of the leather-like material based on the mycelium of the Pleurotus ostreatus the whole procedure can be divided into several parts: cultivation of fungus on suitable nutrient medium, harvesting of mycelium, plastification, and drying.