Mushrooms Communicate With Each Other Using Up to 50 ‘Words’, Scientist Claims
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Mushrooms Communicate With Each Other Using Up to 50 ‘Words’, Scientist Claims
Some studies of mast fruiting have suggested that the mechanism for synchrony comes not through the air, but underground. The trees in a forest are often interconnected by subterranean networks of mycorrhizae, fungal strands that inhabit tree roots. The mycorrhizal symbiosis enables the fungi to forage for mineral nutrients in the soil and deliver
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