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Scientists investigating similar situations have discovered that assistance may either be delivered remotely by fungal networks around the root tips—which facilitate nutrient exchange between trees1—or the roots themselves may be interconnected.2 In the case of the stump I had stumbled upon, I couldn’t find out what was going on, because I didn’t
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Através das raízes, recebia ajuda das árvores vizinhas.
Peter Wohlleben • A vida secreta das árvores: O que elas sentem e como se comunicam - As descobertas de um mundo oculto (Portuguese Edition)
They were often planted in city parks by princes and politicians as exotic trophies. What is missing here, above all, is the forest, or—more specifically—relatives. At
Peter Wohlleben • The Hidden Life of Trees: The International Bestseller

Esses pares de árvores mantêm uma ligação tão íntima pelas raízes que às vezes até morrem juntos.
Peter Wohlleben • A vida secreta das árvores: O que elas sentem e como se comunicam - As descobertas de um mundo oculto (Portuguese Edition)
They can become so tall that their circulatory system can't pump water to the whole tree, so their upper needles have adapted to drink fog right out of the sky.
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Michele Hornish • Why I'm Thinking About Trees This Morning
“Earth’s natural Internet”—a redundant, complexly branched, self-repairing, and scalable communications network linking many species over tremendous distances. (The biggest organism on earth is not a whale or a tree but a mushroom—a honey fungus in Oregon that is 2.4 miles wide.)
Michael Pollan • How to Change Your Mind: The New Science of Psychedelics
The fungus not only penetrates and envelops the tree’s roots, but also allows its web to roam through the surrounding forest floor. In so doing, it extends the reach of the tree’s own roots as the web grows out toward other trees. Here, it connects with other trees’ fungal partners and roots. And so a network is created, and now it’s easy for the
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