Entangled Life: How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds & Shape Our Futures

Art Forms in Nature by Ernst Heinrich Haeckel (1899)

Haeckel is mentioned in Entangled Life as one of the first major lichen researchers. His seminal work is important for its contributions to early ecological classification; it remains foundational in the field of scientific illustration.

Psilocybin: Magic Mushroom Grower's Guide by O. N. Oeric and O. T. Oss (1976)

Due to the legally tenuous nature of the book’s recommendations, brothers Terence and Dennis McKenna published this guide pseudonymously. The work has become influential for an audience beyond psychedelic-mushroom fans, as many of its techniques can be used to grow a wide variety of fungus, helping influence amateur mycologists around the world to embark on both illegal and legal fungi-growing endeavors.

Mushrooms Demystified by David Arora (1979)

The most comprehensive guidebook of fungi and their fruiting bodies—mushrooms—this includes detailed listings for over 2,000 fungal species, as well as personal stories, scientific analysis, and historical information about human-fungi relationships. The book also provides detailed scientific explanations for many of the concepts discussed in Entangled Life.

Finding the Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard (2021)

Published around the same time as Entangled Life, this book gives readers another perspective on contemporary fungal studies, especially the ways that fungi interact with plants.