Fungi

Premise: humans fuse with fungi in the distant future.

Cf.

• human mycobiome (symbiosis and dysbiosis)
• human-fungus coevolution
• fungal culturomics
• transhumanist fungal integration
• speculative mycology
• Future
• Fungi
• hologiont

References

Academic

Case, Nicola T., Sarah J. Gurr, Matthew C. Fisher, David S. Blehert, Charles Boone, Arturo Casadevall, Anuradha Chowdhary, et al. “Fungal Impacts on Earth’s Ecosystems.” Nature 638, no. 8049 (2025): 49–57. https://doi.org/10/g9bvs9.

DeFalco, Amelia. “From Mushroom Men to Mycorrhizal Relations: Imagining Posthuman Aging and Care.” In The Palgrave Handbook of Literature and Aging, edited by Valerie Barnes Lipscomb and Aagje Swinnen, 197–214. Cham: Springer, 2024.

Hall, Rebecca A., and Mairi C. Noverr. “Fungal Interactions with the Human Host: Exploring the Spectrum of Symbiosis.” Current Opinion in Microbiology 40 (2017): 58–64. https://doi.org/10/gcrfnv.

Hooper, Rowan. “A Human-Fungus Chimera.” New Scientist 262, no. 3496 (2024): 22. https://doi.org/10/hbdnrq.

Margulis, Lynn. The Symbiotic Planet: A New Look at Evolution. London: Phoenix, 2001.

Nenciarini, Stefano, Sonia Renzi, Monica di Paola, Niccolò Meriggi, and Duccio Cavalieri. “The Yeast–Human Coevolution: Fungal Transition from Passengers, Colonizers, and Invaders.” WIREs Mechanisms of Disease 16, no. 3 (2024): e1639. https://doi.org/10/hbdnr3.

Sagan, Dorion. Cosmic Apprentice: Dispatches from the Edges of Science. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 2013.

Sheldrake, Merlin. Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures. New York: Random House, 2020.

Thambugala, Kasun M., Dinushani A. Daranagama, Danushka S. Tennakoon, Dona Pamoda W. Jayatunga, Sinang Hongsanan, and Ning Xie. “Humans vs. Fungi: An Overview of Fungal Pathogens against Humans.” Pathogens 13, no. 5 (202 AD): 426. https://doi.org/10/hbdnrr.