It’s Flora, Fauna & Funga

Start saying it.

“Funga.” Illustration by Nicholas Gill.

Fungi are essential to all life on earth. Without them, plants would not be able to live outside of water and dead trees and animals would not decay. We would not be able to make bread, wine, cheese, yogurt, beer or soy sauce. Entire ecosystems would collapse. They are not plants (flora) or animals (fauna), however…