A journey into the hidden world of fungi.When we think of fungi we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of sight yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that supports and sustains nearly all living systems. Fungi provide a key to understanding the planet on which we live and thA journey into the hidden world of fungi.When we think of fungi we likely think of mushrooms. But mushrooms are only fruiting bodies analogous to apples on a tree. Most fungi live out of sight yet make up a massively diverse kingdom of organisms that supports and sustains nearly all living systems. Fungi provide a key to understanding the planet on which we live and the ways we think feel and behave.In Entangled Life the biologist Merlin Sheldrake shows us the world from a fungal point of view. Sheldrake's exploration takes us from yeast to psychedelics to the fungi that range for miles underground and are the largest organisms on the planet to those that link plants together in complex networks known as the Wood Wide Web to those that infiltrate and manipulate insect bodies with devastating precision.(less)