Fascinating stuff Hive account@itchykitten this looks like a great book! I find the lifecycle of mycelium to be fascinating. Due to the fact that the vast majority of the mycelia is actually found underground (perhaps stretching for many miles) most people are unaware that they are in fact some of the largest living organisms on the planet. They may remain underground (not dormant) for literal generations before fruiting. In the UK there have recently been rare mushrooms observed for the first time in living memory. This begs the question as to how they arrived or indeed whether they have always been here but have just chosen this time to fruit? Some say certain mushroom spores may have even originated from space! I find the entire subject fascinating and this looks like a great book that needs to be added to my collection, thanks for sharing :)