Rubber from Mushrooms

Abhishek writes "The Hindustan Times reports that researchers at Gunma University, west of Tokyo, have produced rubber from the chichitake mushroom and the end-product has the advantage of not containing a protein that can cause allergies, according to Hiroshi Mitomo, head of the research team at the university's biological and chemical engineering department. The only obstacle is the high production costs which the scientists wish to conquer pretty soon."

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A serious worry about allergies

[Anonymous Coward]

I know that there's quite a few people either allergic to or develop allergies to latex products over their life (probably common wherever latex gloves are needed).

My wife, however, is allergic to mushrooms. Are we just shifting the allergic reaction from protien to fungus?