Fungi – The Hidden Kingdom
The mushroom on your pizza is just the tip of the organism, a temporary fruiting structure sitting above a vast, mostly invisible network that might stretch for kilometres underground. This episode explores fungi as their own kingdom of life, more closely related to animals than to plants, and covers mycelium networks, decomposition, the genuinely complicated science behind mycorrhizal partnerships with plant roots, yeasts and fermentation, the accidental discovery of penicillin, and fungal disease in both humans and wildlife.
You'll come away understanding why fungi are classified separately…
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