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☆ On TV Killer Fungi Are a Horror Plotline. In This Book They’re Real.
  + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Jennifer Szalai | More About Jennifer Szalai | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +1 min
BLIGHT: Fungi and the Coming Pandemic, by Emily MonossonThere’s a scene in Don DeLillo’s novel “White Noise” in which the protagonist reminisces with an ex-wife who was “ultrasensitive to many things,” as she puts it. “Sunlight, air, food, water, sex,” he says. Monosson’s book takes up the other side. Fungal infections of the skin tend not to be life-threatening; it’s when they invade the blood that they can be lethal. Being warmblooded has provided humans and other mammals with a degree of protection: Most fungi prefer lower temperatures; we run too hot.
Persons: Emily Monosson There’s, Don DeLillo’s, ultrasensitive, ”, Emily Monosson’s, “, Louie Schwartzberg’s, Merlin, Candida auris, warmblooded
☆ Mushrooms Have Taken Over Fashion and Wellness. Up Next: Chocolate
  + stars: | 2023-07-12 | by ( Megan Bradley | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +2 min
And their strength isn’t limited to the psychedelic: Functional mushrooms — species that have been shown to have cognitive, immune system and longevity benefits — have been used for centuries in Chinese medicine to treat a variety of ailments. The pairing of cacao and mushrooms can be traced back thousands of years: Ceremonies in which fungi were mixed with cacao in an attempt to commune with the divine were an integral part of many Mesoamerican cultures. “The relationship between cacao and mushrooms is symbiotic,” says Zar. “The cacao is a vasodilator,” an agent that widens blood vessels, she continues, “and acts as a carrier for the mushrooms” across the blood-brain barrier, allowing the fungi to take effect. “As an interconnected, living network,” he says, “fungi are poster organisms for ecological and circular thinking.”
Persons: Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing, ”, Shen Nong, Isabella Zar, Merlin Sheldrake Locations: California
☆ The Man Who Turned the World on to the Genius of Fungi
  + stars: | 2023-06-08 | by ( Jennifer Kahn | ) www.nytimes.com   time to read: +3 min
Plants managed to leave water and grow on land only because of their collaboration with fungi, which acted as their root systems for millions of years. Even today, roughly 90 percent of plants and nearly all the world’s trees depend on fungi, which supply crucial minerals by breaking down rock and other substances. They can also be a scourge, eradicating forests — Dutch elm disease and chestnut blight are fungi — and killing humans. Without fungi, matter wouldn’t decay; the planet would be buried under layers of dead and unrotted trees and vegetation. But where “Fantastic Fungi” fell decidedly into the old-school, ’shroom-head camp, Sheldrake’s book is more embracing and more optimistic.
Persons: it’s, Sheldrake, twining, Suzanne Simard, ’ shroom, Iris Van Herpen, bodices Organizations: Adidas, HBO Locations: Ikea
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