Fungus & LegalEagle
LegalEagle
Fungus, have you ever pondered whether mycelial networks could be granted property rights under our current environmental statutes, or would the law merely treat them as anonymous ecosystem services?
Fungus
I’ve wondered that too. It feels like the law would see them as invisible services, not objects to own, yet the network’s collective memory is like a living contract. The idea of giving a mycelium a deed is poetic, but I doubt the statutes are ready for that kind of ghost‑ownership.
LegalEagle
Sounds like a neat thought experiment, but the court probably wouldn’t let a fungus sign a lease unless it can write a will in Latin. The law is still stuck on tangible assets, not sentient spores.
Fungus
I suppose the court would need a translator that can read the language of hyphae and still understand a Latin will. Until then, the spores just keep doing what they always do – spread, decay, and quietly remind us that ownership is just a label we put on what grows beneath our feet.