No, You Shouldn’t Be Afraid of Fungi
Accounts of the living world that do not include fungi are accounts of a world that doesn’t exist.
TIME Magazine, 19 February 2023
A powerful and underappreciated ally in the climate crisis? Fungi
Mycorrhizal fungal networks are a major global carbon sink. When we destroy them, we sabotage our efforts to limit global heating.
The Guardian, 30 November 2021
Why the hidden world of fungi is essential to life on Earth
Fungi have long supported and enriched life on our planet. They must be protected as fiercely as animals and plants.
The Guardian, 10 October 2020
The fungal evangelist who would save the bees
How mushrooms could help solve colony collapse disorder.
Nautilus, 23 September 2020
Research papers
Sheldrake M. 2020. The ‘enigma’ of Richard Schultes, Amazonian hallucinogenic plants, and the limits of ethnobotany. Social Studies of Science 50: 345-376.
Marine Vandewalle-Capo M, Capo E, Rehamnia B, Sheldrake M, and Lee NM. 2020. The biotechnological potential of yeast under extreme conditions. Biotechnological Applications of Extremophilic Microorganisms. Lee NM (ed). De Gruyter, p. 313–356.
Sayer EJ, Rodtassana C, Sheldrake M, Bréchet LM, Ashford OS, Lopez-Sangil L, Kerdraon-Byrne D, Castro B, Turner BL, Wright SJ, Tanner EVJ. 2020. Revisiting nutrient cycling by litterfall – insights from 15 years of litter manipulation in old-growth lowland tropical forest. Tropical Ecosystems in the 21st Century. Dumbrell, A. J., Turner, E. C. & Fayle, T. M. (eds.). Academic Press, p. 173-223.
Gavshon Brady D, Pockson J, Sheldrake M. 2019. Entangled Flourishings: Ideas in Conversation with Resisting Reduction. Journal of Design and Science https://doi.org/10.21428/7808da6b.00ff17d0
Sheldrake M, Rosenstock NP, Mangan S, Revillini D, Sayer EJ, Olsson PA, Verbruggen E, Tanner E, Turner BL, Wright, SJ. 2018. Responses of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi to long-term inorganic and organic nutrient addition in a lowland tropical forest. The ISME Journal 12: 2433-2445.
Wright SJ, Turner BL, Yavitt J, Harms K, Kaspari M, Tanner E, Bujan J, Griffin E, Mayor J, Pasquini S, Sheldrake M, Garcia M. 2018. Plant responses to fertilization experiments in lowland, species-rich, tropical forests. Ecology 99: 1129-1138.
Sheldrake M, Sheldrake R. 2017. Determinants of Faraday wave-patterns in water samples oscillated vertically at a range of frequencies from 50-200 Hz. WATER Journal 9: 1-27.
Verbruggen E, Sheldrake M, Bainard L, Chen B, Ceulemans T, Gruyter J, Geel M. 2017. Mycorrhizal fungi show regular community compositions in natural ecosystems. The ISME Journal 12: 380-385.
Sheldrake M, Rosenstock NP, Revillini D, Olsson PA, Wright SJ, Turner BL. 2017. A phosphorus threshold for mycoheterotrophic plants in tropical forests. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284: 20162093.
Sheldrake M, Rosenstock NP, Revillini D, Olsson PA, Mangan S, Sayer EJ, Wallander H, Turner BL, Tanner E. 2017. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal community composition is altered by long‐term litter removal but not litter addition in a lowland tropical forest. New Phytologist 214: 455-467.
Tanner E, Sheldrake M, Turner B. 2016. Changes in soil carbon and nutrients following 6 years of litter removal and addition in a tropical semi-evergreen rain forest. Biogeosciences 13: 6183-6190.
Sheldrake M. 2012. Albert Howard and the mycorrhizal association. Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences 43: 225-231.
