(Random House) Be prepared to be amazed as you enter the world of fungi, from yeast to psychedelics, mycelial networks to metabolic masters. You’ll learn about fungal worm-hunting and zombie fungi (a group of fungi that hijack the bodies of insects to spread their spores). You’ll accompany your most-qualified guide, writer and biologist Merlin Sheldrake, as he roots for valuable esculents (like the Piedmont white truffle), and participates in clinical drug-testing with LSD, which, like psilocybin, is a fung … (read more)
