We’ve been getting into fungi foraging during our trip and the prime season for mushrooms is upon us. I think we have found at least 60 different varieties so far this year and are slowly starting to understand what they are, whether they are safe to eat (warning: don’t eat any mushroom unless you are absolutely sure what it is!) and how they work underneath the ground to break up organic matter. It’s safe to say that without fungi the world would cease to function as it does now.

Anyway I keep harping on about the following video which I originally watched on TED, but you can watch it through youtube now.

[youtube]http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=XI5frPV58tY[/youtube]