The whole history of life on land is in many ways, a history of fungal relationships.” All plants descend from this relationship with fungi. “ behaved as their root systems which grow in and around their bodies and wove their way into the soil and forage nutrients and water for them from the soil. When quizzed by Chris about what huge historic events took place, and why they’re connected to mushrooms and fungi, Melvin responded: “The ancestors of plants wouldn't have made it out of the water and onto the land about 500 million years ago, if it wasn't for their relationships with with funghi. Biologist and writer Merlin Sheldrake is a top expert in the life of mushrooms and other fungi, and while chatting on The Chris Evans Breakfast Show with Sky, Merlin shared why fungi are so important not just to evolution, but to life as we know it today.
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