Nicholas P. Money

Biographical Information

Professor Money is a fungal biologist and science writer. In his research at Miami, Nik pioneered the use of high-speed video microscopy to understand the explosive mechanisms used by fungi to launch their spores into the air. He has published controversial and highly influential essays on mushroom harvesting (its unsustainability), fungal taxonomy (its scientific and philosophical shortcomings), the medicinal properties of mushrooms (their absence), fungal consciousness (its existence), and fungal infections and climate change (problems with prevailing theory).

Publications

Latest book

Money, N. P. 2024. Molds, Mushrooms, and Medicines: Our Lifelong Relationship with Fungi. Princeton University Press.

Recent papers

• Money, N. P. 2025. Physical forces supporting hyphal growth. Fungal Genetics and Biology 177: 103961.
• Money, N. P., Stolze-Rybczynski, J., Fischer, M. W. F. 2024. Mechanics of the artillery fungus. Fungal Biology 128: 2334-2340.
• Money, N. P. 2024. Microballistics in fungi and plants. Current Biology 34: R977-R981.
• Money, N. P. 2024. Fungal thermotolerance revisited and why climate change is unlikely to be supercharging pathogenic fungi (yet). Fungal Biology 128: 1638-1641.