British biologist Merlin Sheldrake—renowned for his scientifically rigorous and lyrical explorations of fungal networks and interconnected life—is this year’s featured author for The Humanities ...

In 1927, Robert Gordon Wasson and his wife, Valentina, spent their honeymoon in the Catskills in what would turn out to be a life-altering experience. On a walk through the woods, they came across a ...

Sheldrake argues fungi are active networked organizers whose partnerships dissolve the boundaries we draw between individual and colony, plant and soil, mind and matter.

In the misty mizzle of February on the Oregon coast, Merlin Sheldrake feels at home. Though he was born and raised in London, the biologist and award-winning author of “Entangled Life” toddled his ...

Merlin Sheldrake, a biologist and author, is doing his best to show the world all the amazing things fungi can do to benefit life on a damaged planet. By Tatiana Schlossberg About 500 million years ...

There’s a wide world of mycelium hidden in the soil—and unless we dig deeper, we may never know them as more than their fruiting aboveground bodies: mushrooms. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our ...

Introduction: What is it like to be a fungus? -- A lure -- Living labyrinths -- The intimacy of strangers -- Mycelial minds -- Before roots -- Wood wide webs -- Radical mycology -- Making sense of ...

Merlin Sheldrake is a biologist and writer with a background in plant sciences. His book, “Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures” published in 2020, is an ...

The following is an excerpt from Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures by Merlin Sheldrake. Disclaimer: When you purchase products through the Bookshop.org ...

Biologist and author Merlin Sheldrake reveals the fungal wonders of Oregon coast forests. Merlin Sheldrake, biologist and author of “Entangled Life” loves getting down to ground level, to see the ...