The Evo­lu­tion of a Fun­gus with Good Taste by Daniel P. Haeusser — We know quite a bit about how the wild au­rochs or their ilk evolved into tame, bossy cows and how the in­signif­i­cant grass teosinte be­came nu­tri­tious maize, but what do we know about the evo­lu­tion of mi­crobes in­volved in food and drink pro­duc­tion? For thou­sands of years be­fore the…