Mycophoria

Deep beneath the earth of a North Cumbrian wood lies the germinating mass of a fungus-like organism. How long it has occupied the fibrous soil of that place is uncertain, but Dr Jim Alburton estimates it is close to ten million years. Then again, this is not his sphere of expertise. He would normally consult Jane Milner and her partner. But both of them are dead — Jane being the victim of a rare, acute brain disease. Alburton found her on the floor of a laboratory, sticky orange fluid oozin...