In Search of Mycotopia, by Doug Bierend

Last year I read Merlin Sheldrake’s extraordinary book Entangled Life, which I have been recommending to all and sundry. It’s about the underappreciated world of fungi and the role that they play in ecology. There’s room in my life for a couple more books about fungi, and so here’s Doug Bierend’s In Search of Mycotopia: Citizen science, fungi fanatics, and the untapped potential of mushrooms.

You wouldn’t necessarily know about it unless you stumble across it, but there is a thriving sub...