Merlin Sheldrake eats mushrooms sprouting from his book, Entangled Life

Fungi make mushrooms, but first they must unmake something else. In this video, I eat oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus) that have sprouted from my book, Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, & Shape Our Futures. Now Pleurotus has eaten Entangled Life, I can eat the Pleurotus – and so eat my words. Initially I was flattered that Pleurotus had so eagerly devoured the book, but on reflection I’m not sure that I can interpret their behaviour as a vote of confidence. Pleurotus have famously d