\[ **keywords:** #Fungi #Ethnobotany ] --- > [!cite] Citation > Sheldrake, Martin. *Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds, and Shape Our Futures*. Vintage, 2021. --- ‘Romans prayed to the god of mildew, Robigus, to avert fungal diseases but weren’t able to stop the famines that contributed to the decline of the Roman Empire.’ [[Sheldrake, Entangled Life, 2021|(Sheldrake 2021, 8)]] ^2a5830 ‘… it’s not always easy to be comfortable in the space created by open questions. Agoraphobia can set in. It’s tempting to hide in small rooms built from quick answers.’ [[Sheldrake, Entangled Life, 2021|(Sheldrake 2021, 15)]] ^bbdcc1