INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Merlin Sheldrakes marvelous tour of these diverse and extraordinary life forms is eyeopening on why humans should consider fungi among the greatest of earths marvels. . . . Wondrous.Time A mindbending journey into the hidden universe of fungi one of those rare books that can truly change the way you see the world around you Helen Macdonald author of H Is for Hawk. NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY Time BBC Science Focus The Daily Mail Geographical The Times The Telegraph New Statesman London Evening Standard Science Friday 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 brilliant young biologist Merlin Sheldrake shows us the world from a fungal point of view providing an exhilarating change of perspective. Sheldrakes vivid 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. Fungi throw our concepts of individuality and even intelligence into question. They are metabolic masters earth makers and key players in most of lifes processes. They can change our minds heal our bodies and even help us remediate environmental disaster. By examining fungi on their own terms Sheldrake reveals how these extraordinary organismsand our relationships with themare changing our understanding of how life works. SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH BOOK AWARD LONGLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE Entangled Life is a gorgeous book of literary nature writing in the tradition