Mushrooms to me are magical. Not the kind that one takes to take trips on the couch (though they are magical too), I’m talking about the ones that support trees through the underground root system. According to current scientific understanding, mycelium, the network of fungal threads, acts as a way for trees to “talk” to each other by sending chemical signals through the underground network they create, essentially allowing trees to communicate and share nutrients with one another; this network is often referred to as the “wood wide web.” While science explains this, to me this is nature’s magic. -Aisha Hauser (CLF)
Appreciate a mushroom or a tree today.