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131: The Wood Wide Web
Category: Comedy
Duration: 01:04:07
Publish Date: 2021-10-18 04:00:00
Description:
Can trees talk to each other? It turns out they might be able to, using fungi… This week, we discuss the Wood Wide Web that most of the world’s plants use to help them survive!

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References & Further Reading

Fungi
  1. https://www.livescience.com/amp/53618-fungus.html
  2. https://www.britannica.com/science/fungus/Mycorrhiza

Plants
  1. https://www.britannica.com/plant/tree
  2. https://www.britannica.com/science/forest

Mycorrhizal Networks
  1. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780123739445003278
  2. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4802747/
  3. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-48257315.amp
  4. https://www.nature.com/articles/449136a
  5. https://www.science.org/content/article/wood-wide-web-underground-network-microbes-connects-trees-mapped-first-time
  6. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/the-whispering-trees-180968084/
  7. https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/mycorrhizal-networks-wood-wide-web/amp/
  8. https://www.nationalforests.org/blog/underground-mycorrhizal-network
  9. https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/mycorrhizae
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