Close Encounters of the Fungal Kind: In Pursuit of Remarkable MushroomsThe secret world of fungi is another kingdom. They do things differently there. Diverse beyond our wildest imaginations, fungi dont obey rules. They pop up unbidden and often dressed in curious reds and greens. They do not seem of this world, yet fungi underpin all the life around us: the wood wide web links the trees by a subterranean telegraph; fungi eat the fallen trunks and leaves to recycle the nutrients that keep the wood alive; they feed a host