The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins

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Matsutake is the most valuable mushroom on the planet―and a weed that grows in human-disturbed forests across the northern hemisphere. Through its ability to nurture trees, matsutake helps forests to grow in daunting places. Additionally it is an fit to be eaten delicacy in Japan, where it infrequently commands astronomical prices. In all its contradictions, matsutake offers insights into areas far beyond just mushrooms and addresses a a very powerful question: what manages to live in the ruins we’ve made?

A tale of diversity within our damaged landscapes, The Mushroom at the End of the World follows probably the most strangest commodity chains of our times to explore the unexpected corners of capitalism. Here, we witness the varied and ordinary worlds of matsutake commerce: the worlds of Japanese gourmets, capitalist traders, Hmong jungle fighters, industrial forests, Yi Chinese goat herders, Finnish nature guides, and more. These companions also lead us into fungal ecologies and forest histories to better take into account the promise of cohabitation in a time of massive human destruction.

By investigating probably the most world’s most sought-after fungi, The Mushroom at the End of the World presents an original examination into the relation between capitalist destruction and collaborative survival within multispecies landscapes, the prerequisite for continuing life {on earth|on the planet}.

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