The Weekly Anthropocene Reviews: Entangled Life by Merlin Sheldrake
A The Weekly Anthropocene Book Review
Entangled Life is probably the best book about the study of fungi this writer has ever read, which means it’s pretty much guaranteed to be mind-blowing right off the bat. The fungus kingdom is large, diverse, and complex a category as “plants” or “animals,” yet it’s wildly understudied, routinely lumped in as a sub-category of plant studies for years. As a result, we’ve gotten a sequence of completely paradigm-shifting discoveries about fungi in recent years, many of which are just starting to be followed up on, and there’s probably a lot more to come.
This book offers a broad overview of the current state of mycology (the study of fungi), with chapters covering fermentation, mind-altering psilocybin mushrooms, the mind-bending ecosystem/individuals that are lichens, the “radical mycologists” working to solve major problems with fungi through mycoremediation and mycofabrication, and lots more. There’s a charming …
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