Amaré products are made out of cacti, a popular leather alternative that shows plant-based extends beyond the dinner plate.

Mycl Japan Co. of Komoro city in the same prefecture is developing a leather using mushroom material. Nagano Prefecture is the nation’s largest producer of mushrooms. “The mushroom leather we ...

“The hope is to build a database that future scientists can use in developing everything from alternative fuels, biomaterials — mushroom ‘leather’ — and in bioremediation to clean up polluted soil, ...