The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins - Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing matsutake helps forests to grow

matsutake helps forests to grow in daunting places

performed on the jazz poetry compilation New Jazz Poets (1967)

The father and daughter pair have long dreamed of co-authoring a photobook-meets-cookbook

where Elsa grew up

illustration and diagram both on the page and in the world

The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins - Anna Lowenhaupt Tsing matsutake helps forests to growMatsutake is the most valuable mushroom in the world 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. It is also an edible delicacy in Japan, where it sometimes commands astronomical prices. In all its contradictions, matsutake offers insights into areas far beyond just mushrooms and addresses a crucial question: what manages to