![]() ![]() In giving us bread, alcohol and life-saving medicines, fungi have shaped human history, and their psychedelic properties have recently been shown to alleviate a number of mental illnesses. ![]() These endlessly surprising organisms have no brain but can solve problems and manipulate animal behaviour with devastating precision. In fact, nearly all life relies in some way on fungi/ They enabled the first life on land, can survive unprotected in space and thrive amidst nuclear radiation. They can be microscopic, yet also account for the largest organisms ever recorded. Neither plant nor animal, they are found throughout the earth, the air and our bodies. The more we learn about fungi, the less makes sense without them. ![]() Shortlisted for the British Book Awards Non-Fiction Narrative Book of the Year 2021 Winner of the Wainwright Prize for Writing on Global Conservation 2021 ![]()
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