The idea of the wood wide web might be distracting us from the more interesting thing that's going on here, which has to do with the fungi. I really think the underground represents the ultimate unknown and it's shocking to me how little we know about something so vast and important. Unexplainable is part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
Studies suggesting trees communicate through an elaborate underground fungal network have captured imaginations. It’s a beautiful idea, but the fantasy may have gotten ahead of the science.
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