People should look up Paul Stamets. Dude is doing amazing things in the field of mycology and showing the power of mushrooms!
Someone should help him with the page. At least to do a proper one (I've just looked the code).
I discovered The CryptoNaturalist over at the other place, and ending up buying 'Field Guide to the Haunted Forest' and 'Love Notes from the Hollow Tree' by Jarod K. Anderson....
Which is unusual for me as I detest poetry. I think it's a pile of long-winded, navel gazing wank...Except for haiku, (because they're short and sweet, and condense things down to their essence, which I like).
I like The CryptoNaturalist though, probably because they write about nature in a weird, beautiful and wonderous way. I want to use the word 'magical' to describe it, but am reluctant, for reasons
Also, thanks to this post I just found out there's a couple of other books available which I'm going to buy tonight 😀
Fungi confuse me. I can't figure out what they are. I think the fact that I thought they were plants my whole life and then it turns out they aren't just broke me lol.
afaik a decent summary is that they're sorta like animal cells that specced into a plant lifestyle, but since animals are good at digesting stuff and can't photosynthesize, they went for eating dead things that no one else eats.
This reminds me that I'm writing a story about a witch and one of the first things that happens is that she pisses off the mushrooms and they tell the trees not to talk to her. I should get back to that.
Ok, that's sweet, but don't google 'zombie funghi'. Really, just don't. Like, ever.
I'm taking a myco class rn and it's amazing. Candida aurus is scary tho
