Let's Become Fungal!

Let’s Become Fungal! explores the fascinating world of fungi and mycelium as both a material and a metaphor for reimagining human systems, behaviors, and connections. Inspired by art and mycology, this book draws from innovative practices across Latin America and the Caribbean that echo the decentralized, symbiotic, and interconnected nature of the fungal network.

The book embraces concepts like multispecies collaboration, decoloniality, non-monetary exchanges, and bottom-up approaches, weaving them into a framework inspired by mycelium’s adaptive and non-hierarchical behavior. Each of the twelve chapters begins with a thought-provoking question, not to provide definitive answers but to explore lessons from fungi on themes such as collaboration, toxicity, non-linearity, death, biomimicry, and being non-binary.

By delving into these ecological and philosophical insights, Let’s Become Fungal! offers inspiration for a wide range of individuals—artists, scientists, designers, educators, urbanists, activists, gardeners, and more. It challenges readers to adopt a more "fungal" mindset, embracing mutual dependency and innovative ways of working and thinking to foster symbiotic relationships with the world around us.

This book is both a guide and a call to action, inviting us all to rethink our place in the ecological web and embrace the profound lessons fungi have to offer.