Comment on arborholing
MyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.works 1 day agoI thought fungi was relatively new - which is why we have coal?
I am very happy to be corrected
TigerAce@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Comment on arborholing
MyNameIsIgglePiggle@sh.itjust.works 1 day agoI thought fungi was relatively new - which is why we have coal?
I am very happy to be corrected
floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
Fungi are older than literal roots. The first land plants relied on them for nutrient exchange before evolving a radical system. My mind was blown away during a presentation by Dr. Toby Kiers about the latest research on mycorrhizal networks. They directly imaged nutrients moving both ways through those narrow filaments, through unknown mechanisms. www.spun.earth/networks/mycorrhizal-fungi
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Radiolab Episode from Tree to Shining Tree (air date 7/30/2016) is a really fun episode about mushroom networks.