Curious and beautiful mushrooms

2nd March, 2023

Now in paperback, Nik Money’s Mushrooms: A Natural and Cultural History introduces the mythology and science of the spectacular array of fungi that produce mushrooms, the history of our interactions with these curious and beautiful organisms, and the ways that humans use mushrooms as food, medicine and recreational drugs.

This video shows what happens when mushrooms release their spores. A flurry of microscopic activity beneath mushroom caps and shelves allows single fruit bodies to release billions of spores in a day.

This video shows how the gills of Goldilocks mushrooms are not too close, not too far apart, but just the right distance for releasing spores.