Ahmed wrote: assuming a form of consciousness, I wonder what they might think of a fleeting species like ours?
Little digression: in the series X-files Asked frontiers of reality in the episode "spore", the agents Mulder et Scully are trapped by a fungus giant, the latter being able to parasitize the brains of its hosts and project them into a virtual reality (ancestor of Matrix) this in order to extinguish any form of combativeness in its prey before digesting them ...
Some of its organisms are among the largest living creatures in the world:
When we think of the largest organism in the world, we may imagine that it is the blue whale or a huge, very old tree. However, scientists have discovered a gigantic mushroom that occupies the equivalent of 1665 football fields. DGS tells you everything about the largest living being known on earth.
Scientists discovered the existence of this fungus after researching an Oregon national forest where many trees died without explanation. The “honey-colored mushroom”, that is its name, covers almost 965 hectares of land. It looks about 2400 years old, but scientists believe it could be even older.
http://dailygeekshow.com/organisme-geant-vivant-monde-champignon-decouverte/