What the wood wide web actually supports
Roots and fungi do form partnerships, and some fungi link more than one plant. The chatting forest is where the metaphor outruns the evidence.
Topic
history
Essays in Mycopsyco tagged “history”.
3 essays
Mushroom and toadstool
One language pair splits edible from suspect; another treats them as synonyms. How English got tangled — and why biology does not owe folklore a border.
Fungi in food history
Yeast, mold-ripened cheese, fermented drinks, and culinary mushrooms shaped cuisines long before anyone said “mycology.” A general history without invented firsts.