The mushroom is only a phase in the lifecycle of this parasite. A tasty one for a reason. The big one too. Our sized. Why did the mushroom symbolize the size shifting for alice? It's not just symbolic. Nor is it symbiotic, not from our perspective.
Goes deep too.
watch cosmic mildew
there is a consciousness in the slime
Right down to the molecule. And it's hungry. For humans. We are mold sacks. Walking talking breathing mold life support systems. But that's over now because we found out. It knows our systems far better than we do and it is literally everywhere. We swim in it, and it's very bad. And nobody knows except a few of us survivors. We need to change. Harden.