by Merlin Sheldrake
Sheldrake reveals fungi as hidden architects of life, decomposing, connecting, and reshaping ecosystems in ways science barely grasps. Mycelial networks challenge our notion of individuality.
In this collection, Entangled Life references 2 other books and is cited by 3 other books.
It draws on The Origin of Species and The Selfish Gene.
It’s picked up by Under a White Sky: The Nature of the Future, Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest and Vesper Flights.
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Sheldrake discusses Darwin on fungi co-evolving with plants.
Sheldrake references Dawkins's gene-centric view on fungal networks.
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Complements Sheldrake's exploration of fungal networks by examining how human engineering of biological systems produces unintended ecological consequences
Directly complements Sheldrake's exploration of mycorrhizal networks, providing the scientific backstory of how fungal connections between trees were first discovered
Complements Sheldrake's exploration of fungi with Macdonald's own nocturnal mushroom-hunting essay that reveals the strange beauty of fungal ecology
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