Talk:Plant-based leather
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Leather making from banana stem waste
[edit]plz help on article 205.254.169.48 (talk) 14:14, 26 September 2024 (UTC)
Controversy?
[edit]It is all just PU-leather with filler (except cork), unlike Kombucha Leather and Mirium. Maybe we should add a controversy section, since this page will probably inspire many greenwashers. Fukuyamesque (talk) 11:02, 5 November 2024 (UTC)
Objective definition of plant based materials, coloquially called "vegan leather"
[edit]Avoiding describing plant based materials "leather". MelanieCarp200 (talk) 05:35, 6 November 2025 (UTC)
Mushrooms aren't plants
[edit]Why is mushroom leather included when mushrooms are not part of the plant kingdom? This is a glaring factual error. ~2026-19160-56 (talk) 10:58, 28 March 2026 (UTC)
Mushroom leather wasn't recently invented
[edit]Mushroom leather has been used since at least the eighteenth century in Transylvania, where it was introduced from Bavaria: https://medium.com/@istvan.daraban/the-worlds-last-amadou-makers-korond-iii-9694114ffa4a "Transylvanian amadou-making dates to the 1700s, when it reached this region from the forests of Bavaria and Bohemia through a possible Austro-Hungarian connection."
https://www.internationaltraveller.com/europe/transylvanias-mushroom-hat-artisans/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQ-YRnSaadI ~2026-19160-56 (talk) 11:26, 28 March 2026 (UTC)