White Fungus - Bruce Sterling

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From the first issue of a magazine called Beyond that is dedicated to new, experimental forms of architectural and urban writing, White Fungus is a short story by cyberpunk author Bruce Sterling - you can read it here (12 page PDF).

The story is set in a future Europe 'swiftly becoming a giant half-mafia flea-market where even Denmark behaves like Sicily.' An episode in one outcome presaged in Jared Diamond's Collapse.