Fabulous Fungal Metaphors

(draft) Fungi offer rich, evocative, funny metaphors about symbiosis and collaboration in nature, which fit our mission at Open Global Mind to create a shared, interconnected memory for humans in multiple ways, including:

• Hyphae Connect
• Mycelia Externalize Their Digestion
• Fungi Are Essential to Soil Health
• Fungi are the Principal Decomposers in Ecological Systems
• Fungal Fixers - Mycoremediation
• Mycelia Trade Nutrients in the Wood Wide Web
• Leaf-Cutter Ants Can't Digest Leaves. So Why Are They Taking Leaves to Their Nests?
• Mushrooms Are the Fruiting Bodies of Mycelium, (so NeoBooks are Mushrooms of The Big Fungus)
• Fungi Can Be Huge
• The Matsutake's Peculiar Ecosystem
• Magic Mushrooms
• Data as Healthy Soil

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