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In his 2008 TED talk, Paul Stamets describes six ways mushrooms can save the world, several of which rely on their ability to break down mineral compounds and other things that plants can't metabolize.
See Fungi are the Principal Decomposers in Ecological Systems.
This all to explain our fondness for the metaphor of The Big Fungus.