Can trees talk to each other? It turns out they might be able to, using fungi… This week, we discuss the Wood Wide Web that most of the world’s plants use to help them survive!
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References & Further Reading
Fungi
- https://www.livescience.com/amp/53618-fungus.html
- https://www.britannica.com/science/fungus/Mycorrhiza
Plants
Mycorrhizal Networks
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123739445003278
- https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4802747/
- https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48257315.amp
- https://www.nature.com/articles/449136a
- https://www.science.org/content/article/wood-wide-web-underground-network-microbes-connects-trees-mapped-first-time
- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-whispering-trees-180968084/
- https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/mycorrhizal-networks-wood-wide-web/amp/
- https://www.nationalforests.org/blog/underground-mycorrhizal-network
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/mycorrhizae