I’m not quite certain what has brought widespread interest in fungi to the fore this past decade. Perhaps it has been the expansion of awareness of mycelial networks and their relationship to forests, or maybe it is related to expanding grass-roots campaigns to legalize psilocybin for medical use in the treatment of PTSD and other […]
While I’ve read a number of works about fungi in the past, I’m very impressed indeed with how Dr. Sheldrake presents his subject in this book (as of this writing I’m approximately half-way through it). Many times it has already caused me to interrupt Mrs. Naturalist from whatever I found her doing at the moment in order to share with her something I had just read in the books pages that I found too important or interesting about which not to immediately tell someone.
Hailed as “one of the most comprehensive mycological guides ever published,” the recently published two volume “Fungi of Temperate Europe” by Thomas Laessoe and Jens H. Petersen is a grand tour through more than 2,800 of the fungi species to be found throughout Europe’s temperate zone.
In case you hadn’t marked it on your calendar, Tuesday, 21 April 2020, is Fungi Day. And as such, taking the opportunity to learn a bit more about the fascinating fungal framework that supports a remarkable amount and diversity of the life on this planet simply seems appropriate.