packaging - https://www.mycopack.co.uk/ furniture - https://plainmagazine.com/designer-researcher-come-sustainab...
If I had a few more days per week and few spare hundred K kicking around I'd be having a poke at some of this stuff as a small scale business.
I totally agree, it is surprising that fungi and mushrooms (the fruiting bodies of fungi) are not more widely cultivated - especially as use goes beyond food.
I'mn currently experimenting with hollowing out Fomes fomentarius [1] brackets(hoof fungus), polishing them up, flattening the backs and finishing them with hardwax. Not quite sure where this will go but I'd like to see if I could fit battery powered lights in them and use them as odd but quirky reading lights.
[1]: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fomes_fomentarius_BW...
Mushroom "leather" is now a luxury product:
>Why Hermès, Famed for Its Leather, Is Rolling Out a Travel Bag Made From Mushrooms
https://robbreport.com/style/accessories/hermes-vegan-mushro...
>Stella McCartney Unveils ‘World-First’ Garments Made From Vegan Mushroom Leather
https://plantbasednews.org/lifestyle/fashion/stella-mccartne...
>Mushroom leather just got one step closer to the mainstream
https://www.voguebusiness.com/sustainability/mushroom-leathe...
I asked a mycologist acquaintance this at a party some time ago (several folks were talking about unusual recipe ingredients). He said it's just that most mushrooms don't travel well enough to be profitable enough for the grocery chains. But local mushroom growers seem to be showing up more and more at the famers markets at least around here, so we're getting more variety.
- https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Laetiporus
Additional edible mushrooms are here; warning: many edibles have non-edible lookalike “twins” - and whole books are written on the topic on identifying mushrooms: