Maya Posch, writing at Hackaday, covers a Science Advances paper from Ke Li and colleagues on a fungal platform for living textiles. Most fabric is dead tissue, or was never part of an organism at all. This work falls under engineered living materials, where the fabric itself stays alive.
The base material is the fungus Cordyceps militaris, grown between films. The researchers added other microbial cultures to it: S. cerevisiae for pigment production and melanized A. niger to block UV. The result is a platform that can be adapted for different applications and colors, with the fabric able to self-heal and respond to its surroundings.
What the paper does not cover is whether anyone could actually wear it. Washability, abrasion resistance, breathability and wearer comfort have not been tested yet, so this is groundwork for further research rather than a finished material.
See more at hackaday.com and the source at science.org.