Mushrooms: What are they, really?

Mushrooms were once lumped in with plants, and they stayed there well after science knew better.

But if a fungus is not a plant… is it a closer relative of yours than you might've thought?

With millions of species on Earth, and many that live inside you, it seems important to know about the kingdom of fungi.

Featuring:

Tom May, senior principal research scientist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Victoria; and co-author of Planet Fungi Grace Boxshall, PhD student at the University of Melbourne and visiting junior research fellow at the University of...