Team Develops Mushroom Shoe (IMAGE)

University of Delaware

Team Develops Mushroom Shoe

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The project team from the University of Delaware consists of (from left) Huantian Cao, holding a mushroom mycelium sample; Wing Tang, with the prototype shoe whose top she designed and made; Jillian Silverman, with mycelium she grew in the shape of a sole; and Kelly Cobb, holding the mold in which the sole-shaped mycelium was grown.

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University of Delaware/ Wenbo Fan

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