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

https://www.britannica.com/plant/tree
https://www.britannica.com/science/forest

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

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