Frivolous

We can synthesize relatively simple organic compounds in the sense of a test tube filled with the same organic liquid. But to create an entire living organism with membrane, cytoplasm and DNA and to bring all these components together so that they funtion properly is an enormously larger challenge than just synthesizing organic molecules.

Cutting and pasting genes from other animals and inserting it into membranes is manipulation, not creation.

Jackalope

Actually, those fungi aren't that mutated. After all, there are bacteria here on earth that eat nylon and polyethylene.