The underground fungal network
Airborne chemical distress signals
Whispers through roots and electricity
The dark side of plant gossip
YOUR GOAL
Master of How plants talk
artiteacher The underground fungal network
Hey, we're sending all our secrets through the threads underground!
artiteacher Trees trade surplus sugars for essential soil nutrients provided by their fungal partners in a complex underground marketplace.
artiteacher Tiny underground fungal threads called hyphae plug directly into plant roots to form a massive, cooperative network.
artiteacher Decode underground chemical signals to discover how trees talk to each other.
Fungal internet: The underground fungal network, often called the wood-wide web, connects up to 90 percent of all land plants on Earth.
A symbiotic association between a fungus and the roots of a vascular plant. In 1997, Suzanne Simard showed that trees share carbon using these subterranean fungal pathways.
What percentage of land plants are estimated to be connected to mycorrhizal networks?
Which scientist proved in 1997 that Douglas fir and paper birch trees share carbon underground?
What primary resource does the fungal network help distribute to seedlings in deep shade?
In which Canadian province did Suzanne Simard conduct her famous 1997 forest experiments?