BenGWeeks on Nostr: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52668915 The book was read by the author which I ...
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/52668915
The book was read by the author which I always prefer.
The book fundamentally asks whether nature is fundamentally adversarial or actually collaborative. Fungi and lichen being symbiotic.
An interesting questions presents: To what benefit does a fungi produce psilocybin? For humans to act in a more collaborative way with nature? Or just by fluke to produce a chemical that produces such a profound impact on its consumption.
Finishes with a nice story that involves the apple tree at Cambridge Botanical Gardens, that is a cutting of a tree from Isaac Newtons family estate. That makes it a clone. He made cider from the tree, and rather than using yeast from a packet, brewed it with the natural yeast that exists on the apples. This doesn’t always go well as it can go rotten if the wrong bacteria takes hold.
The book was read by the author which I always prefer.
The book fundamentally asks whether nature is fundamentally adversarial or actually collaborative. Fungi and lichen being symbiotic.
An interesting questions presents: To what benefit does a fungi produce psilocybin? For humans to act in a more collaborative way with nature? Or just by fluke to produce a chemical that produces such a profound impact on its consumption.
Finishes with a nice story that involves the apple tree at Cambridge Botanical Gardens, that is a cutting of a tree from Isaac Newtons family estate. That makes it a clone. He made cider from the tree, and rather than using yeast from a packet, brewed it with the natural yeast that exists on the apples. This doesn’t always go well as it can go rotten if the wrong bacteria takes hold.