Book review of What Moves the Dead by T Kingfisher (opens in new tab)
There has been somewhat of a renewed interest in all things fungi since the Last of Us depicted a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by such an infection that could spread to humans. It's one of those things that at first glance seems worryingly within the realm of possibility, all too well described in the introduction to the aforementioned TV series. We share genetic characteristics with fungi, including mushrooms, and it's thought that if you go back far enough, say a billion years or so, we w...
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