Edit “In wildness is the


preservation of the world.” —Henry David Thoreau


“In human culture is the


preservation of wildness.” —Wendell Berry


I


t’s the season for New Year’s resolutions. I’m not really one to make them. However, every


year I do strive to give a little back to Mother Nature. Around our home I do things to improve habitat for wildlife and insects with plantings (or simply allowing some spots to go fallow). Invasive plant species are swiftly vanquished upon detection. And just about anything that can rot is left where it falls to do so. Preservation of our wild habitats is a responsibility we all should be concerned with. Habitat loss is the single biggest contributor to the alarming rate of decline in species numbers and diversity. What can you do? Plant some native trees on your property, or your neighbor’s property. Or in a vacant spot near your home. Better yet, work to preserve mature trees in the wild spaces near where you


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live. Mature trees provide far more habitat for animals and fungi than do young ones. And as a carbon sink, trees perform a great service and especially once they reach maturity. (It’s been reported that 75% of the total carbon accumulated in a mature tree’s life came after they had reached 50 years of age.) Are there truly ANY wild spaces


anymore on the planet? Tere are of course vast tracts of land and ocean that are unexploited by humans, but only because some advocates fight (sometimes quite literally) to keep them so. Our remaining wild areas are constantly being chipped away by civilization and development. Just a few generations ago, nature was something that was considered savage, dangerous, and the source of maladies. Something to be tamed. In taming our wild spaces humanity has achieved a Pyrrhic victory. Te victory has come at too great a cost to nature as a whole. And the costs continue to mount. A prolific writer, environmental activist, and farmer, Wendell Berry’s words above ring truer today than ever. In 2022 let’s all resolve to do something for the good of our wild spaces. Eight years ago we did a special 3D


edition of FUNGI and it was wildly popular. We immediately began


CONTRIBUTING ILLUSTRATORS Aaron Birk


Mary Schaefer Brink


Aaron “Inkling” Cruz Garcia Talia Hudgins


CONTRIBUTING EDITORS Denis Benjamin Michael Beug Alan R. Biggs


William Padilla Brown Susan Goldhor Art Goodtimes Edward Matisoff


Lawrence Millman Tobiah Moshier


Robert Dale Rogers David Rose


2 FUNGI Volume 15:1 Winter 2022 Mark Spear


Krista Towns Steve Trudell


Else C. Vellinga Michael Wood


EDITORIAL REVIEW Cathy Cripps


Montana State University Harold W. Keller


Te Botanical Research Institute of Texas


Patrick Leacock Te Field Museum of Natural History Chicago, Illinois


Lawrence M. Leonard, M.D. Portland, Maine


Michael Nicholson


Oxnard College, California David Pilz


PilzWald-Forestry


Applications of Mycology Corvallis, Oregon


Bruch Reed Illinois Mycological Association


North American Mycological Association Paul Stamets


Fungi Perfecti Steve Trudell


University of Washington, Seattle Else C. Vellinga


Berkeley, California Andrus Voitk


Foray Newfoundland & Labrador Corner Brook, Newfoundland


discussing the possibility of doing another such edition and now, after many years and a lot of work on the part of Fred Rhoades, we are thrilled to present another look at the Fifth Kingdom—in 3D!


All thanks go to Fred Rhoades, a


brilliant mycologist (a retired professor from Western Washington University) and an expert microscopist. (Tat’s him pictured.) Fred has a passion for creating incredible photos of mushrooms, the likes of which you’ve probably never seen. To best view the 3D images, hold


the 3D viewers with your right hand so that the blue lens covers your right eye (red lens on the left eye).


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