Imagine yourself in a tropical forest at night, where the air is so thick you can almost touch it. As you carefully move forward, your gaze is caught by a faint blue-green glow that seems to pulse between the roots of the trees. You get closer and discover that the mysterious light is coming from... a mushroom!
Italy boasts one of the richest mycological traditions in the world, with mycological exhibitions that attract thousands of enthusiasts every year. But what makes these exhibitions truly special? In addition to the usual presentation of edible and poisonous species, many events surprise with authentic rarities from the fungal world...
Today we asked ourselves how long a mycelium can live. In the vast kingdom of fungi there is a secret that challenges our understanding of time: mycelial networks that have persisted intact for millennia, surviving ice ages, climate changes and environmental transformations...
