Welcome to Litsy!

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

so-so

It's clear that the author comes to this subject with a sense of wonder, happy to explore new and old questions that don't necessarily have answers. It also seems the author is happy to float off a little farther outside the box than the textual framework might initially seem to support, and that he's happy to repeat himself if he thinks it will help convey the information he's focused on. 1/3

Robotswithpersonality 2/3 There were many nifty tidbits, but it does feel more like a personal journey of the author's relationship to and ongoing studies of fungi, less like an investigative summary of the facts as we know them.
We'll chalk this one up to me having incorrect expectations. 🤷🏼‍♂️ 11mo

Robotswithpersonality 3/3 ⚠️Heads up:
Nematode worm eating/hunting fungus/mushrooms description and what zombie fungi do to carpenter ants could make great content for the relatively new subgenre of "sporror" I keep hearing about (that I will never ever read) (apparently the second one already has been inspiration for fictional media?) 11mo

Robotswithpersonality I did also flip through the Illustrated Edition as my library also had it. A work of art. Absolute feast for the eyes. Photography, microscopy, and illustrations, all in full colour, a gorgeous coffee table book. (Coulda done without a couple of those insect shots. 😶‍🌫️) 11mo

9 likes3 comments

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

Yeah, THAT Beatrix Potter, apparently had a whole mycology thing going too. Who knew?!

TheBookHippie I loved this book so much! 11mo

10 likes1 comment

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

Pretty, glowy greeeeennn. 💚😍

10 likes

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

🥰

8 likes

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

And the prettiest lichen name goes to: "water speckled midnight". ???

8 likes

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

Okay, English, time for another update.
"grammar of animacy" ?

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

"...sneak up on the truffles,..." ??

5 likes

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

Not sure where that analogy came from, but I'm enjoying the word picture. 👻🪩

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

"...bat habits." ? Pun-derful. ?

3 likes

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

WTF, IKEA?

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

How is it I was fairly certain the story that song tells is true and yet it never occurred to me that Alice's Restaurant was too?! Of all the places to make this discovery...

5 likes

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

😏

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

For some reason, you never hear that one when people are doing the pantheon rundown...🤔

10 likes

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

Everything about this is awesome.😎🍄🖋️

julesG My daughter did a school research paper (for biology class) on ink-caps. So interesting. 11mo

Robotswithpersonality @julesG I feel like that's what non-fiction is for adults: the chance to just dive into a topic of your choosing for a while, like paper assignments used to prompt you into doing. 11mo

9 likes1 stack add2 comments

TheKidUpstairs

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

Oh my gosh @DinoMom - I squealed!!! I wasn't able to get hold of a copy in time for the #Naturalitsy buddy read, but I so wanted to read this one, I find fungi fascinating! And the matching stickers were a lovely touch. And THESE CHOCOLATES! You guys, they're the most beautiful fancy chocolates! Thank you so much!

#jolabokaflod @MaleficentBookDragon

Chelsea.Poole This is a great book! 14mo

dabbe What a beautifully fancy chocolate box! 🤩🤩🤩 14mo

TheKidUpstairs @dabbe it feels so special when chocolates are in a beautiful box like that, eh? 14mo

See All 6 Comments

TheBookHippie I loved this book! 14mo

dabbe @TheKidUpstairs Yes! 🤩 14mo

DinoMom Glad you like it. I loved that book, so when I see it on people TBR list during swaps … I always see if I can find a copy! 14mo

66 likes6 comments

Suelizbeth

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

pick

Everything you never knew you wanted to know about fungi. This is an extremely approachable book about a huge subject. I was especially fascinated by the chapter about making building materials (and other things) from fungi. Who knew? ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

46 likes1 stack add

yourfavouritemixtape

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

pick

Almost forgot to post this. This was my first #buddyread in ages. It was for #Naturalitsy. Saw it while scrolling and it somehow caught me and I dived right in. It took me a time to get into it but then I loved it very much. It was so interesting! I will keep all of the funghi-facts with me for a long time, I think 🙂

10 likes

Graywacke

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

pick

Surprisingly engaging. It's well written, despite lots of dense info, and also somehow very human focused. It's always interesting and always thorough. Shardlake doesn't just tell you the ways a fungus does and doesn't act similar to a human brain, he goes into the whole theory of anthropomorphizing.

Good group read #naturalitsy

38 likes

SamAnne

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

Only about 70 pages in so will be finishing this wonderful book in October. I‘m lovin‘ the lichens! And (mostly) black cover! Yay first day of #scarathlon! Black. #photochallenge #BOOklovers

53 likes2 stack adds

jlhammar

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

pick

So glad I read this! Another fantastic #NaturaLitsy pick. Eye-opening and superbly written.

AllDebooks It was amazing and all the more enriching as a group read ❤️🍄❤️ 1y

77 likes2 stack adds1 comment

AllDebooks @wordslinger42 @rockpools @Chrissyreadit @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @Blackink_WhitePaper @BookwormAHN @MilesnMelodies @Graywacke @Dilara @Mitch @jenniferw88 @Chelsea.Poole @TheBookHippie 1y

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

#Naturalitsy

Our last chat before saying farewell to Merlin Sheldrake. What are your final thoughts on this 🤯book?

AllDebooks @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @jlhammar @MelisK @LeeRHarry @Soubhiville @wanderinglynn @SamAnne @claudiuo @PageShifter @Addison_Reads @BarkingMadRead @CaitZ @BeckyWithTheGoodBooks @Aimeesue @tdrosebud 1y

AllDebooks @Soscha @ElizaMarie @Larkken @Caterina @sebrittainclark @bnp @daena @TEArificbooks @BookBelle84 @Jess861 @TheKidUpstairs @Hooked_on_books @Julsmarshall @Readergrrl @AmandaBlaze @Cazxxx @Cuilin @Morr_Books 1y

See All 20 Comments

AllDebooks @Read4life @vonnie862 @Eyelit @Roary47 @Knitmaths @mjdowens @SaltyMac @Bluebird @yourfavouritemixtape 1y

Graywacke I want some of that cider 1y

AllDebooks @Graywacke 🤣 IKR!!! Loved the anecdote of Gravity 1y

Roary47 I‘m amazed at how much I learned. It is amazing all the things that fungi can do. Not only are they a decomposer, but they are waste management, food, and so much more! Plus it was written really well. 1y

TheBookHippie Love love loved it and am planning to go back through it -so much new information to me that I want to soak in more. Fantastic pick. Cider all around! 1y

Graywacke I like he just didn‘t anthropomorphize fungi, but went into an exploration of the values and problems of anthropomorphism for understanding (and into storytelling). Overall, I‘m also intrigued that he focused on three books i‘ve read, two for our group - Simard‘s Mother Tree and Kimerer‘s Braiding Sweetgrass. I‘ve also listened to How to Change Your Mind, Michael Pollan‘s book on psilocybin. (Magic 🍄s) (edited) 1y

AllDebooks @TheBookHippie 🍻😍 1y

AllDebooks @Roary47 I can't wait to see what he writes next 1y

AllDebooks @Graywacke I really need to read the Pollan book 1y

jlhammar Just finished! So good. I also would love to try some of that cider! And, like @Graywacke , I so appreciated how this book built upon and intersected with some of our previous reads. 1y

Larkken Really liked this book! Made me want to take on one of those courses for amateurs to learn more since I feel like I wanted more info on the evolution of fungi rather than the light survey provided (but then I used to be a phylogeneticist so it ticks in my sweet spot lol) cider for everyone! I wonder what the natural yeast on my local apples tastes like? 1y

Hooked_on_books I thought this book was fantastic. It really opened my eyes to a whole world of organisms I hadn‘t previously given much thought to. I think fungi has the potential to benefit us in so many ways. Hopefully we‘re smart enough to grab hold of those opportunities before it‘s too late. 1y

yourfavouritemixtape It took me some time to get into it but in the end I liked this very much. Especially the last part, when he reflects how knowledge is influenced by how we tell a story. I will think about a lot of things that I have read here for a long time. 1y

AllDebooks @jlhammar it kind of brought us full circle didn't it? As we were reading those this time last year 1y

AllDebooks @Larkken I now have images of us all going round licking the windfall apples in a quest to find our own Gravity 🤣 1y

AllDebooks @Hooked_on_books I've read it 3 times now and each time has been just as mind-blowing as the first read. So much information 1y

AllDebooks @yourfavouritemixtape Yes, I love the end too. So glad you liked it 1y

31 likes20 comments

Larkken

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

pick

I really enjoyed this, thanks #naturalitsy and @AllDebooks ! My favorite part was the section on lichen, and the audiobook narration was lovely. Also worth a read/listen if The Girl with All the Gifts and The Last of Us has you worked up about a fungal pandemic, honestly, as Sheldrake (that name tho!) demystifies Cordyceps and its beloved ants - so the photo is from the HBO show and in honor of spooky season and #scarathlon 👻🎃🍄

AllDebooks Great review. Glad you enjoyed it x 1y

34 likes1 comment

SamAnne

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

1. I‘ve had a bit of a bad reading month…too many books going at once. But I think it will be the tagged! I love fungi. I‘m loving the beautiful poetic writing and the information. 2. Reading some spooky books and getting some solo fall fishing/camping in and reading in front of the camp fire! #TwoForTuesday @TheSpineView

TheBookHippie I am loving the read as well and learning so very much! 1y

TheSpineView Thanks for playing! 1y

MidnightBookGirl Yay for solo trips! Although... maybe don't take anything too scary to read! 1y

SamAnne @MidnightBookGirl hah! Yes, good point. 1y

41 likes4 comments

Chelsea.Poole

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

pick

Informative, yet down to earth, this book was a great read! I leaned so much about lichen, and expanded upon what I read in The Mother Tree about mycorrhizal networks. Sheldrake covers truffles, “magic mushrooms” (Psilocybin), both sections I particularly enjoyed as he inserts himself into the narrative of truffle hunting and ingesting the psychedelic mushrooms for science purposes! His commentary is great and has changed the way I see the world.

Chelsea.Poole A great pick from #NaturaLitsy @AllDebooks 1y

CSeydel My book club recently read Underland by Robert MacFarlane, which includes a chapter on forest fungi featuring Merlin Sheldrake. I was disappointed in MacFarlane‘s fairly non-scientific treatment of the subject, so I‘m excited to see Merlin has written his own book! Stacking! 1y

78 likes2 stack adds2 comments

Hooked_on_books

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

pick

This book is a master class in popular science writing. Chock full of fascinating facts, accessible, and with such an engaging writing style, I was fully engrossed. And I think mushrooms are nasty! But now I know that fungi have extraordinary potential and could make our lives better in the future if we‘re smart enough to let them. #NaturaLitsy

45 likes1 stack add

AllDebooks @Read4life @vonnie862 @Eyelit @Roary47 @Knitmaths @mjdowens @SaltyMac @Bluebird @yourfavouritemixtape 1y

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

#Naturalitsy

Week 3 discussion thread. Post your thoughts below.

What an extraordinary amount of information this book contains!!! 🍄🤯🍄

All welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

See All 13 Comments

jlhammar It really does! Very cool with the strawberry experiment in Ch5 to learn how different fungal partners can impact a plant, not only can the taste and appearance differ, but how some attract more bumblebees than others and some produce more berries than others. 1y

jlhammar And in Ch6 the whole switching from a plant-centric view to myco-centric was kind of mind-blowing, but it makes so much sense. I‘ll never be “fungus-blind” again! 1y

jlhammar Ch7 had me looking up that Paul Stamets TED Talk (worth a watch/listen) and fermentation baths (which I'd never heard of before):
https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_stamets_6_ways_mushrooms_can_save_the_world
1y

Graywacke I thought it was really nice to get this perspective on Simard after having read The Mother Tree. (Also, I keep looking at landscaped trees in front yards or along city streets, and thinking, their fungal connections must be terrible. Poor trees.) 1y

Roary47 There was so much interesting information in this section, but the thing that most impressed me was the fungi that was breaking down diapers. They even are clearing up human disease! 🤯 1y

Graywacke @Roary47 yes, please free us of disposable diaper guilt. 🙂 (ok, I‘m long past that stage, but I still feel guilty about it! And grandkids could happen somewhere up the road.) 1y

Aimeesue @jlhammar Stamets was really interesting! There‘s a whole season of Star Trek Discovery where they‘re navigating throughout the universe on "the mycelial network." Cool that it‘s at least partially science- based. 1y

TheBookHippie Loving this taking massive notes! Sorry it‘s XC season up at 4a leave at 5a travel to see a 5k races 🤣🏃🏻♥️🤷🏻‍♀️ weekends are 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 1y

Hooked_on_books This dude is seriously making me into a mycelial true believer! I want fungus furniture now. And a fungus that breaks down polyurethane, that‘s major. Fungus could seriously save us from ourselves if we‘re smart enough to learn how we can make that happen. 1y

36 likes13 comments

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

#Naturalitsy

Week 4 reading schedule. I will post week 3 discussion thread tomorrow.

All welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

31 likes

Roary47

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

pick

4✨I really enjoyed learning so much about fungi. Being a Science teacher I already knew a lot of the dense information from Botany classes, but the new Science in here was intriguing and there is a lot of material that I can provide to my students in related material that I teach. I enjoyed the audio version that the author read himself. While it was dense it was really well done. #Naturalitsy @AllDebooks I had to finish it a little early. 😅

16 likes

Soubhiville

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

pick

Not my tattoo- it belongs to Zoe McClure.

I really enjoyed learning about fungi with #naturalitsy this month. I‘ve been wanting to read this for some time. The photos in the book are incredible- especially the mycoheterotrophs- plants that have evolved unable to photosynthesize and have partnerships with fungi who provide their needed nutrients, thus have brilliant red or white coloring.

So much to love in the fungus world! “We are all lichen”

Soubhiville As @AllDebooks said this is one to reread, I feel like I could learn something new every time. 1y

64 likes1 comment

Roary47

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

I just heard something really cool in this section. 😱😍💛 I‘m excited to share when we discuss this week. @AllDebooks Plus I‘m going to mention it in my class during waste management. 🤩

AllDebooks How exciting 😀 1y

21 likes1 comment

AllDebooks @Larkken @Caterina @sebrittainclark @bnp @daena @TEArificbooks @BookBelle84 @Jess861 @TheKidUpstairs @Hooked_on_books @Julsmarshall @Readergrrl @AmandaBlaze @Cazxxx @Cuilin @Morr_Books @Read4life @vonnie862 1y

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

#Naturalitsy

Week 2 discussion thread🍄⚡️🍄

FYI - This article is fascinating, too from The Marginalian

https://www.themarginalian.org/2022/11/13/mushrooms-sound-waves/

All welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

See All 25 Comments

AllDebooks @Eyelit @Roary47 @Knitmaths @mjdowens @SaltyMac @Bluebird @yourfavouritemixtape 1y

Graywacke A lot more information dense than week one, and a whole of human psychology (not just 🍄s). I didn‘t expect to read about fungal brains. 1y

jlhammar We are all lichens! Still really enjoying. The part (Ch2) challenging traditionally accepted intelligence and cognition (brain-centric) was really interesting, that brains “didn't evolve their tricks from scratch, and many of their characteristics reflect more ancient processes that existed long before human brains arose.“ Also found the description of the effect of psychedelics as a “reboot of the system“ fascinating. Oh, & neat article, thanks! (edited) 1y

Roary47 So much happened in this section. I personally liked the mention of fungi in regard to insects. Like the zombie ants. This is so fascinating that fungi control insects to their bidding. -insert villainous laugh- it was very dense, but interesting. 1y

TheBookHippie Love the article love. I been reading then rereading and note taking. I‘m utterly fascinated and honestly I had some idea but to this extent never. It‘s a wonderful read I‘m still catching up on this week but the house is all COVID free and I didn‘t get infected so I think I‘m in the clear! 1y

yourfavouritemixtape I got into the book better this week, even though the text was probably more dense than last week. I was mostly fascinated (and a bit scared) by the zombie ants. 1y

Graywacke @jlhammar before the 🍄s, this idea was running through my head as i read. Pretty wild. 1y

Hooked_on_books I got started late on this week‘s reading and am only halfway through it, but completely riveted. The idea of using fungi potentially and computing power 🤯. And the lichen surviving the rocket crash (with all that fuel!) and still showing signs of life is pretty extraordinary. I look forward to finishing up this week‘s section later today! 1y

AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie wonderful news!!!! Good, great news 👏😊🎁🎉. You and yours must be relieved. 1y

Soubhiville I love thinking about the fact that fungi and plants communicate and also help each other. I recently read The Overstory by Richard Powers, and this info plays a part in that novel. 1y

Soubhiville I‘m currently reading about lichen- I had no idea that it was a symbiosis- 🤯. I knew it was it‘s own category of life, but how amazing. 1y

Soubhiville @AllDebooks do you also host the #naturalitsy reads as buddyreads on StoryGraph? 1y

TheBookHippie @AnnCrystal so relieved… ♥️ 1y

AllDebooks @Graywacke this section has me transfixed. 1y

AllDebooks @jlhammar glad you're enjoying it. It's such incredible information, but written in such a prosaic way. I can't wait to read more by Sheldrake 1y

AllDebooks @Roary47 lol, cordyceps is a brute 1y

AllDebooks @TheBookHippie it's great,,isn't it? So glad everyone has recovered and you dodged it x 1y

AllDebooks @yourfavouritemixtape yep, right there with you on the zombie ants 🫣 Do not, I repeat, do not watch The Last of Us 1y

AllDebooks @Hooked_on_books so much potential 1y

AllDebooks @Soubhiville I have a great love for lichen, even more so after reading this 1y

AllDebooks @Soubhiville I don't atm but it's something I could start if there's interest. I set up Storygraph and Litsy at the same time but spend more time on here. 1y

SamAnne I‘m catching up on this one. I‘ve read a lot about fungi but am still learning so much from this book. And he writes so beautifully. 1y

40 likes1 stack add25 comments

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

#Naturalitsy September #buddyread

This is my 3rd reading of this magnificent book. One of my favourites, if you couldn't tell. 🍄🍂🍄

All welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

TheBookHippie It‘s so very good! 1y

Cuilin It‘s good but I have to slow down my pacing. Every page is packed with information. 1y

33 likes2 comments

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

#Naturalitsy

Week 3 reading schedule. Discussion thread for week 2 will be posted tomorrow 🍄🍂🍄

21 likes

Graywacke

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

The things I didn‘t expect in a book on fungi…
#naturalitsy

AllDebooks Lol 😅 1y

35 likes1 comment

AllDebooks @wordslinger42 @rockpools @Chrissyreadit @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @Blackink_WhitePaper @BookwormAHN @MilesnMelodies @Graywacke @Dilara @Mitch @JenniferWelch @Chelsea.Poole @TheBookHippie 1y

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

#Naturalitsy

Our discussion thread for week 1 is open. How much content was there in those 50 pages? 🍄🤯🍄
Post your thoughts below.

All welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist

AllDebooks @Soscha @ElizaMarie @Larkken @Caterina @sebrittainclark @bnp @daena @TEArificbooks @BookBelle84 @Jess861 @TheKidUpstairs @Hooked_on_books @Julsmarshall @Readergrrl 1y

See All 33 Comments

AllDebooks @AmandaBlaze @Cazxxx @Cuilin @Morr_Books @Read4life @vonnie862 @Eyelit @Roary47 @Knitmaths @mjdowens @SaltyMac @Bluebird @yourfavouritemixtape 1y

Roary47 I think my favorite part of this section was the part about truffles cannot happen without the tree. Then it went on to state that it really needed an ecosystem to really flourish. In class next week (for my students) we talk about the importance of biodiversity in an ecosystem. The more diverse the healthier it will be. I love this lesson because I feel it‘s one that we should all learn in our own little “ecosystems”. 💛 1y

Hooked_on_books I absolutely gobbled this section. This feels like a book I could easily read in a single day, the writing is so engaging. I found the discussion of the vast number of funguses that we know nothing about to be tremendously hopeful. Learning more about them could lead to breakthroughs in human medicine, I have no doubt. It boggles the mind how little we know. 1y

yourfavouritemixtape I felt like there was so much information, I could not take in all of it. I was a bit overwhelmed, even if it was all very interesting. I liked the part about the truffles the best as well, because there it took me along and guided me through all the knowledge, so it was easier to follow and take in. 1y

Chelsea.Poole @yourfavouritemixtape I agree—the truffle section was interesting. Truffle hunting seems dangerous! And two approaches the dog owners took—one starving 😡 vs the happy and healthy dog. And their aroma is super strong at first but quickly dissipates. I learned so much! 1y

Cuilin I was also fascinated about the truffles and the rarity, cost and hunting techniques. There‘s so much information but it‘s an enjoyable read. 1y

jlhammar Really interesting so far, learning a lot. @Chelsea.Poole That part also had me fuming. Poor pup. Now I‘d like to watch the 2020 documentary The Truffle Hunters and this book sounds good

The Truffle Underground

(edited) 1y

Aimeesue @jlhammar That doc sounds really interesting! 1y

Aimeesue @Roary47 Totally agree, about that section and the sentiment. ❤️ 1y

jlhammar Here's the trailer for that documentary and a short NPR interview with the directors. I was excited to see my library has it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFYhrc0AnVw

https://www.npr.org/2021/03/06/974341047/the-truffle-hunters-tells-the-story-of-... 1y

Graywacke I‘m finding this great stuff. Fascinating info, great writing. He‘s working the reader, leading us, and keeping us in the flow. The narrative branches all tie back together. 1y

Graywacke If you haven‘t done so, I encourage everyone to read the end notes. Lots of great stuff there (and a hint of how much interesting stuff he had to cut to make the writing better.) 1y

Graywacke @Roary47 this is a great take away. Fascinating that you can‘t really cultivate truffles. (And I didn‘t realize they were buried so deep!) 1y

Graywacke @jlhammar thanks for these! (I will check them out when i get a chance) 1y

AllDebooks @Roary47 This was a great section and really draws attention to the balance of an ecosystem. Love your comment about your lesson too 👌 1y

AllDebooks @Hooked_on_books So glad you're enjoying it. Sheldrake really draws you in with his intelligence and passion for his subject doesn't he? 1y

AllDebooks @yourfavouritemixtape There is a lot of information but I do like how the book is formatted, so it is easy just to do small pieces at a time. Please don't feel under any pressure to stick to the schedule. This is a very relaxed group, just go with what suits you. The truffle section was very well written. 1y

AllDebooks @Chelsea.Poole who would have thought that truffle hunting would be such a secretive, stealth mission!!! 1y

AllDebooks @Cuilin Glad you're enjoying it. 1y

AllDebooks @jlhammar ooh thanks for the links. I love how non-fiction books always send you down a rabbit hole in search for more info when something really catches your curiosity. 1y

AllDebooks @Graywacke this is my 3rd time reading this. One of my favourite non-fiction books.
1y

AllDebooks Sheldrake's YouTube channel is worth a look at. I love his film of the oyster mushrooms devouring his book.
https://youtu.be/JJfDaIVl-tE 1y

Graywacke @jlhammar oh, that documentary trailer. ❤️ 🐾 1y

TheBookHippie I knew about the hunting etc. the rest of the info is so fascinating!!! I‘m getting a notebook to go along with this read! I love it so far! 1y

Graywacke @jlhammar and the interview is terrific too! 1y

AllDebooks @TheBookHippie Yay!! A notebook is a good shout 1y

Soubhiville @jlhammar and @AllDebooks thanks for the links! I‘m really enjoying this so far! I love hearing about the links between different species in nature, and the root systems and underground fungal networks fascinate me. 1y

Soubhiville When I visited Italy recently I noticed an odd smell at several restaurants. I wondered what it was but didn‘t think too much about it. Then of course I tried a pasta with truffles, and when I took the first bite I realized it had been truffles I‘d been smelling all along. I have to say I‘m not a fan, though I didn‘t hate it. But I guess I‘m among those few who don‘t find the scent/ flavor appealing. Funny because I do usually love mushrooms. 1y

Soubhiville I find it shocking how much truffles cost. Due to the price it doesn‘t surprise me that hunting them is quite competitive. I also was upset about the handler starving the dog @jlhammar . 1y

Bluebird Thanks for the links @AllDebooks and @jlhammar i‘m heading down the rabbithole. Lol! Fascinating book so far. My favorite part so far is also the truffle hunting. I also had no idea how competitive it is! 1y

36 likes33 comments

Roary47

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

Finished the first week of this today #NaturaLitsy and I‘m enjoying it so far. I‘m listening and following along because the author is reading it himself. I love when I can hear the natural tone the author intended. It is beautiful. It‘s a lot of front loading, but interesting. I already found material I can use in my classroom which is a big reason I wanted to join in this #BuddyRead. 🥰💛 @AllDebooks

12 likes

Chelsea.Poole

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

Still keeping on track for this #NaturaLitsy September read. Shocking!
I actually have more time to read because I‘ve been sick 🤧 which the tests say are NOT COVID but I‘m pretty miserable. I‘m blaming kindergarten germs my youngest brought home 🦠

MonicaLoves2Read Hope you feel better soon 💗 1y

dabbe Hang in there! 🧡💜💛 1y

TheBookgeekFrau Feel better! 💕 1y

See All 6 Comments

LiteraryinPA Ugh, I hope you feel better in no time! 1y

sarahbarnes Feel better soon! 1y

AllDebooks Hope you're feeling better now x 1y

86 likes1 stack add6 comments

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

#Naturalitsy

Into week 2 of our #buddyread already 🍄🍂🍄

All welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

I will post our discussion thread for week 1 tomorrow.

Roary47 Just caught up. I‘m listening and reading along, and love the authors tone. He reads the audio himself and it‘s so relaxing and poetic. I‘m really gaining a lot and already have ideas of how I can add this to my curriculum as a Science Teacher. 😍 1y

AllDebooks @Roary47 I find him hypnotic to listen to. Love his YouTube channel https://youtu.be/JJfDaIVl-tE

Absolutely love that you're thinking this into your lesson plans. ❤ 1y

29 likes2 comments

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

Crazy, crazy week irl. Feeling this title ⬆️ Getting 4 teens sorted for return to school and college is not my idea of fun!! #frazzled

I have a day to myself tomorrow after bombing around everywhere.
Really excited for a quiet day relaxing & catching up in Litsyland. 😅🥵

Arvena 😁👍good one! 1y

50 likes1 comment

Chelsea.Poole

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

Started the September #NaturaLitsy buddy read today! LOVING it already 🍄

AllDebooks That's good to hear 😊 1y

Cuilin Yes, I like it too. 1y

JuniperWilde I‘ve wanted to read this book 📚 I look forward to your review 1y

77 likes3 comments

wanderinglynn

Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures | Merlin Sheldrake

“Fungi make up one of life‘s kingdoms—as broad and busy a category as ‘animals‘ or ‘plants.‘ Microscopic yeasts are fungi, as are the sprawling networks of honey fungi, or Armillaria, which are among the largest organisms in the world.”

There‘s a great video (link below) on the Armillaria in Malheur National Forest. Estimated at over 2000 years old, it weighs at least 7500 tons, maybe up to 35000 tons (more than 200 gray whales).

#NaturaLitsy