Fungi made the world as we know it. As some of the first life forms on the planet, they consumed minerals locked in rocks, creating what we now know as soil. Without them, there would be no plants on land, and therefore, no animals. No us.

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

Reshi Mushrooms, Borneo – photo by M51, bigstockphoto.com