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Imagine riding some sun-soaked winding road in a shiny new convertible with some influence from the Goombas in Super Mario Bros knitted into the centre console and door cards.

Yes, there is in fact a cool Cadillac of the sorts, made with mushrooms.

Biotechnology company MycoWorks has developed some parts of the recent Cadillac SOLLEI concept car’s interior with a mushy bio-based material.

This latest all-electric concept is a 2+2, coach-built convertible dubbed the ‘Sollei’, which is a name combination of the sun (sol) and leisure (lei).

The company came up with a pretty funky solution for sustainable interior decor and is thus the first Caddy concept that uses bio-based materials crafted from mycelium (the root structure of mushrooms).

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MycoWorks hopes to transition from leather to mycelium, cultivating some of their own in their laboratory in San Francisco using their in-house Fine Mycelium technology.

“That’s how this pursuit to swap leather with mycelium bio-based material can begin. First, growing sheets of it. Then, through Cadillac’s SOLLEI car. Soon, across fashion, footwear, furniture, and other automotive applications, until the bio-material spreads everywhere,” reports Design Boom.

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There’s also a strong serving of wood veneer in places, complimented with the quilted (and embroidered) cream upholstery and colour-changing leather that radiates unparalleled class and sophistication, per Top Gear.

Other key cabin details include a 55in pillar-to-pillar screen, ‘intuitive’ front and rear command consoles and many illuminated surfaces. The latter will combine with the 126 colour-changing options for the ambient lighting to likely turn the interior into the settings of an average whiskey lounge on a Friday night.

Ironically, you do also get a drinks fridge out back between the rear seats, whose intricately designed occupants are shielded by a glass door.

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In terms of the design, the low, stretched body is complemented by broad shoulders and long, coupe doors which have buttons in place of conventional handles.

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Notice, too, the absence of any real curvature along the body, save for the sleek indentations ahead of the rear wheel arches. This design, coupled with the single-bar taillight and streamlined roofline, creates a strikingly clean and elegant silhouette. The paint finish, ‘Manila Cream,’ is equally captivating, a nod to the classic Caddys of the late ’50s.

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Finally, there’s the metallic roof, which Cadillac calls ‘Daybreak’ for its ability to “…let sunlight pour into the interior” – which is literally what’s been written.

No details have been released as yet on the powertrain or even a potential release, but we know it sure is one hell of a fungi.

[source:topgear]