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Symbiotic Rootscapes

Merlin Sheldrake

‘Symbiosis – the intimate association formed between different species – is a fundamental feature of life and enables new biological possibilities. Mycorrhizal fungi are some of the more striking examples.’

Merlin Sheldrake

Merlin Sheldrake is a biologist and the author of Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures. He received a PhD in tropical ecology from Cambridge University for his work on underground fungal networks in tropical forests in Panama.

Photograph © Hanna Katrina Jedrosz

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