A confused life. How mushrooms change the world, our consciousness and our future. Sheldrack Merlin

, by the word “mushroom”, we usually mean the fruit body of the mushroom, although it is essentially the same as the apple on the tree. Most mushrooms live a secret - underground - life, and they make up a “motley” group of organisms, which supports almost all other living systems. This is the key to understanding the planet on which we live, as well as our feelings, thoughts and behavior.

The talented young biologist Merlin Sheldraik turns the world upside down: He invites the reader to look at him from the position of yeast, psilocybin mushrooms, parasitic mushrooms and the web of mycelium, which extends to many kilometers under the surface of the earth (which makes Mushrooms with the largest living organisms on the planet). The opening mushroom essence makes us reconsider our views on individuality and mind, because mushrooms, as it turns out, are the lords of metabolism, soil creators and key players in many natural processes. They are able to change our consciousness, heal bodies and even turn an ecological catastrophe overhanging over us. These organisms turn our understanding of life itself on Earth.