“Fungi Can Teach Us a New Way of Looking at the World”

Re:“Fungi Can Teach Us a New Way of Looking at the World” by cmsefton on Friday October 02, 2020 @06:11PM (#24667554)

Am currently reading Sheldrake's book, Entangled Life. Highly recommend it https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entangled_Life

Came across it because I've always enjoyed mushroom spotting in the nearby forests, and decided to explore them in greater detail. Listened to a great talk by Paul Stamets on Jo Rogan's show https://youtu.be/xJ6Ym719urg Decided to look for a book to read, and Sheldrake's book popped up.

So much of it has been fascinating, and it's a very easy read, too. It's incredible how these organisms raise so many questions about life, from panspermia to questions about individuality. Well worth a read!

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Re:“Fungi Can Teach Us a New Way of Looking at the World” by Alex3917 on Friday October 02, 2020 @07:53PM (#24668234)

> Came across it because I've always enjoyed mushroom spotting in the nearby forests, and decided to explore them in greater detail.

Find your local mycology club on NAMA, most of them have free walks that are open to the public every weekend: https://namyco.org/clubs.php

It only takes a year to learn most of the major edible species in your area.

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Re:“Fungi Can Teach Us a New Way of Looking at the World” by cmsefton on Saturday October 03, 2020 @02:53AM (#24670154)

Good advice, thank you. Unfortunately I'm in the UK. I know there are some local groups, but most of them seem to not be operating at the moment.

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