My recent experiment involved using this leather alternative (grown from reishi mushrooms) as a drum head.

It's developed by a company called Mycoworks and they didn't tell me that it's embedded with a linen weave, but that makes sense, and it turned out to be a good thing, because although reishi is quite tough, it ain't quite rawhide, in terms of tensile strength.

But having the weave seems to help it pass muster and produce a pleasing drum sound which is like no other. The first test drum ripped a little, the second did not. They both sound great, and the aura of each feels really nice.

Thanks for sharing your interesting note.