'The Mushroom at the Edge of the World' is a tale of the diversity of life in human-damaged landscapes, examining one of the most bizarre commodity chains of our time and exploring the hidden corners of capitalism. This book reveals the diverse and strange worlds of the matsutake trade: the worlds of Japanese gourmets, capitalist traders, Hmong forest guerrillas, industrial forests, Chinese Yi goatherds, Finnish forest guides, and many others. These travelers explain the structure of mushroom ecosystems and forest stories, through the prism of which we can better understand the possibilities of coexistence in a time of massive human disruption. By exploring the world of one of the world's most coveted mushrooms, Jing's book offers a unique perspective on the relationship between capitalist destruction and the cooperative survival in multispecies landscapes without which life on Earth is impossible.