Hard Knox with Amanda Knox #41 - The Fungus Effect Part 6: The Mycocosm (Paul Stamets)
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Jan 19, 2022 AI Snips
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Mycelium Reveals Cooperation As Evolutionary Force
- Mycelial networks are a living metaphor for global interconnection and cooperation among species.
- Stamets frames mycelium as literal infrastructure that enables cooperation, biodiversity, and ecosystem resilience.
Fungi Predate And Parent Multicellular Life
- Fungi are ancient ecosystem engineers central to land colonization and the food web.
- Stamets traces fungi from tidal margins to lichens, then land colonization, and says animals are children of fungi.
Mycelium Is A Major Carbon And Water Bank
- Mycelium is a major soil carbon bank and actively hydrates environments during decomposition.
- Stamets notes mycelium becomes ~85% carbon when it dies and decomposing straw/sawdust yields ~20% water.