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Fungi are in between animals and plants. Their cell walls are made of chitin—a substance never found in plants—which makes them more like insects.
Peter Wohlleben • The Hidden Life of Trees: The International Bestseller
‘FUNGI: WEB OF LIFE’ explores the ways that fungi have shaped life on earth for over a billion years 🍄 Narrated by Björk, presented by Dr. Merlin Sheldrake, featuring time-lapses by Stephen Axford of Planet Fungi, Patrick Hickey and Wim van Egmond. FUNGI: WEB OF LIFE is screening at BFI IMAX later in March and in early April. Tickets available via link in bio 🎟️ Presented by @merlin.sheldrake Narrated by @bjork Produced by @strangerthanfictionfilms Directed by Gisela Kaufmann and Joseph Nizeti Photography and project development @planet_fungi Cinematography by @cambatten_ *Clips reformatted for sharing
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The weathered surface of the chunk of exposed volcanic stone smoothed, and paled. Where before there was only stone, a horizontal slit opened. An eye. The rock slivered itself into two.
Ray Nayler • The Mountain in the Sea
We passed a shelf where a wheel of cheese had exploded into some kind of fungal overgrowth. Tall, mushroom-like fruiting bodies rose up and swayed slightly in the air disturbed by our passage. I sucked in a sharp breath. “Is that . . . there . . .” I pointed. “Is that all right?” Agrippa nodded. “Oh, it’s fantastic. An empire is rising, lifting up
... See moreRobin Sloan • Sourdough
I was thinking about golems. I was thinking that I am like a golem. I feel more like earth now than like an animal. Mud and sticks and rags that look and act something like a live thing. And I thought: But really I’m more like an owl pellet. A boney, furry, coughed-up turd that walks and talks. But then it wasn’t just a joke to myself. It became an
... See moreAnne de Marcken • It Lasts Forever and Then It's Over
