The Magic of Mushrooms

60%

of enzymes

used in industry

are produced

by fungi .

Mushroom

spores are sometimes

disseminated in bursts

that accelerate them

10,000 times

faster than the Falcon 9

rocket from SpaceX

after launch.

A single fugus

in Oregon spreads over

10 km²

and weighs several

thousand tons. It is at

least 2000 years

old.

Every year,

fungi produce

50 million

tons of spores, roughly

equivalent to the mass

off 500,000 blue

whales.

Source: M. Sheldrake