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131: The Wood Wide Web

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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
  1. https://www.livescience.com/amp/53618-fungus.html
  2. https://www.britannica.com/science/fungus/Mycorrhiza
Plants
  1. https://www.britannica.com/plant/tree
  2. https://www.britannica.com/science/forest
Mycorrhizal Networks
  1. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123739445003278
  2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4802747/
  3. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48257315.amp
  4. https://www.nature.com/articles/449136a
  5. https://www.science.org/content/article/wood-wide-web-underground-network-microbes-connects-trees-mapped-first-time
  6. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-whispering-trees-180968084/
  7. https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/mycorrhizal-networks-wood-wide-web/amp/
  8. https://www.nationalforests.org/blog/underground-mycorrhizal-network
  9. https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/mycorrhizae