I would never have thought that a book about fungi could be a page-turner, I honestly couldn’t put it down. It is just a phenomenal, truly remarkable book.

For most of us fungus is a drug, a pizza topping, or perhaps an infection. For Merlin Sheldrake, a biologist who worked on underground fungal networks in tropical forests in Panama, fungus is an entire kingdom of life as diverse as plants and animals. Fungi are indeed the largest and oldest group of living organisms. 

 Well-researched and beautifully written.   Essential reading.