Underground, mycorrhizal fungi are crucial trading
partners. Trees crave the nutrients they offer. Fungi
gobble up the carbon that trees provide in return.

To understand this kingdom, fungi aficionados argue, is
to see the natural world differently — less as a collection
of individual species, with humans dominating them all,
and more as a web of organisms dealing with crises
together.

~ New York Times, “Unearthing the Secret Superpowers of Fungus”

Amanita Muscaria – photo by Amanita Muscaria 3 vliegenzwammen, Wikipedia Commons