I can always understand a bit of irrational dislike for some things, maybe can have something to do with them almost always be present in some sort of decay, from the various molds on walls and rotten food to the mushrooms and other forms on decaying wood or among the fallen leaves :) They are neither my favorite form of life ... but I like them ... on many levels ... Above all, I like visually the variety of shapes and colors and all those strange shapes and textures that are often so different from plant and animals ... they make me feel like I just arrived with the spaceship Enterprise on some strange planet where no man has gone before, the fungi look great for a SyFy fan - ''very alien, they look'' ( As master Yoda once said) :D Then... I love the taste ... I like to eat mushrooms and even more search for them, and that concentration, excitement and a bit of risk involved in determining the edibility status :) I like flowers in spring a bit more .... but fungi in autumn also make me pretty happy.