All life is interconnected. This is the primary lesson that fungi teach. Through their mycelial networks-those decentralized webs of white tissue often found beneath logs and rocks mushrooms and other fungi permeate the world, connecting and turning its innumerable cycles to demonstrate that every act carries an immeasurable chain of effects. Possessing traits and abilities not found amongst plants, animals, or other microbes, fungi fill unique roles in the stewardship and evolution of Earth. And as builders of the soil web and grand healers of the land and sea, they lie at the heart of the world and offer a perspective that cannot be equated.