Sublime

Spruce can gain a foothold everywhere where summers are short and winters are bitterly cold

Dianna enjoys recognizing and classifying living things that she can pick up, handle, and share with others, which is why she was drawn to fungi. Alvaro Jamarillo also shares Dianna’s desire to recognize and classify living things—but he is driven to classify creatures that are mobile, colorful, and elusive. Today, he is a professional birder.

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 t

Mesmo que a árvore soubesse que se encontra nesse estado, não deixaria de florescer.

Together, they form one great symbiotic association, like the ones they study.

The fact is, Maples have a far more sophisticated system for detecting spring than we do. There are photosensors by the hundreds in every single bud, packed with light-absorbing pigments called phytochromes. Their job is to take the measure of light every day. Tightly furled, covered in red-brown scales, each bud

A forest would have no problem doing without its larger inhabitants. Deer, wild boar, carnivores, and even most birds wouldn’t leave any yawning gaps in the ecosystem. Even if they were all to disappear at once, the forest would simply go on growing without many adverse effects. Things are completely different when it comes to the tiny creatures un