October 29, 2021
As we delight in the fungi that present themselves on our table at this time of the year, it is only right to give thought to those that are subterraneous. It is quite incredible to think that many of the world’s most sensational events are as a result of fungal activity and that according to many of this planet’s most capable minds, as much as ninety percent of plants depend on mycorrhizal fungi (stemming from the Greek words for fungus mykes and root rhiza), linking trees in a labyrinth of shared networks aptly known as the ‘wood wide web’.READ MORE