The Marvelous World of Mycelium

🍄 Exploring the Fungi Kingdom and its Many Inhabitants 🍄


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In elementary school, you most likely spent time studying the plant and animal kingdoms, but another kingdom exists, and it is often overlooked because to find them you must be looking down. The powerful properties that can be found in different mushroom species have long been underappreciated by most. Thankfully research today is abundant in showing just how much the fungi kingdom contributes to both human and planetary health.
Mycelium, (the living organism from which mushrooms fruit), is considered one of the largest and most expansive living beings on our planet. You can think of mycelium as the digestive and communicative pathways of the forest and earth beneath us. Mycelium's appearance is white and very intricate, capable of covering great distances. The patterning of mycelium is so vast and complex that mycologists often compare it to the mapping of the internet or the neural pathways in the human brain. The fruiting body of this organism, or mushrooms as we know them, have been shown to help in human cognitive improvement, enhanced immune support, toxic waste disposal, and much more.
In the future as humans search for answers to complex challenges regarding the health of humanity and the planet, we may find the solution has always been hiding in the shadows, right beneath our feet.

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