The fungi kingdom
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It\\u2019s not just fauna and flora, there\\u2019s a third, much overlooked kingdom of life \\u2013 fungi.
Fungi are essential for plant and soil health, and therefore our own survival.
It\\u2019s not just the mushrooms that we eat, in this programme we celebrate fungi in all its forms. Fungi already play important roles in our food production and medicine, scientists are now investigating fungi based solutions for environmental pollution and waste disposal.
We\\u2019re joined by biologist Merlin Sheldrake in the United Kingdom, author of \\u2018Entangled Life\\u2019, Giuliana Furci, mycologist and founder of the Fungi Foundation, the world\\u2019s first non-governmental organisation for the protection of fungi, based in Chile and Danielle Stevenson, a mycologist looking at soil toxicity in the United States.
(Picture: fungi growing on a log. Credit: BBC)
Presented by Ruth Alexander.
Produced by Beatrice Pickup.
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