THE NATURE OF THINGS The Kingdom: How Fungi Made Our World (2018)

In THE KINGDOM – HOW FUNGI MADE OUR WORLD reveals how fungi eked out life from barren rocks in hostile conditions and thrived despite facing the fiercest wars of Nature. Understanding how fungi survive the continuous onslaught of a microcosmos of voracious worms, predatory amoebas, bacteria, viruses and other fungi, novel drugs could be within our grasp. Fungi are being tested to treat cancer, Alzheimer disease, existential anxiety, depression and the next generation antibiotics. By looking at fungi in the context of evolution and natural history, scientists are making discoveries that will change our lives. Some fungi will save us, others will threaten us and we are just beginning to understand which is which.