Here’s a tidbit from the backers-only special edition of Networking for System Administrators.
All those shrooms were one interconnected, internally networked living thing.
Networked. Sort of like computers.
Except mushroom networks are efficient. The nodes eliminate interoperability issues by requiring identical hardware and a fully patched ShroomOS. The Internet would be infinitely better if every node ran BeOS or, better still, Fifth Edition Bell Laboratories UNIX on VAX. But the Humungous Fungus infects trees and shrubs much like the Internet infects washing machines and democracy. Most of an a. ostoyae colony is buried underground. Most of the Internet is buried in concrete. The Humungous Fungus wins on points because it is not only edible, it is a delicacy. No matter how thoroughly you stir-fry your laptop or how much black bean sauce you add, it remains unpalatable.
If you need a tie breaker? Fungi are at peace. They don’t even try to support printers.
If you didn’t back the book before now, this bit is all you will ever see.