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This book has been changing my perspective of plants entirely. It may sound stupid but before, when I saw a Forest, I just saw each plant as they were. Since reading this book, when I look at a Forest I can imagine all the connections between the plants, all thanks to Mycorrhizal fungi, and it makes life a lot more colourful! I wish more people viewed plants and fungi in this way

It makes a lot of sense that mycorrhizal fungi had a big role to play in the carbon levels of the prehistoric atmosphere. I had no idea that the mycorrhizal fungi involved with a plant directly impacts both its appearance and taste. It’s interesting to know just how sophisticated and complex mycorrhizal fungi are and it’s really worrying how we’re completely neglecting them in agricultural practices.