wallpaper of the week 16-01-12: mad mushrooms

While we’re on the job of self snapped shots, I took this little pic of mushies a couple of months back in Cardiff. Being a foreigner to these strange isles,  I have no idea what sort these actually are. Needless to say I didn’t bother munching any. Mushrooms are the spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus. Fungi are a fantastically diverse bunch; they can taste yummy, make antibiotics, be hugely poisonous or even elicit some trippy psychedelia. One particular type of fungus even holds the title of the world’s largest organism. For 6 ways mushrooms can save the world, check out Paul Stamet’s TED talk.

by joseph