The wood-wide web – a story too good for its own good?
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The basic idea that trees are connected underground, via networks of fungi that nestle into roots, has breached the walls of science and seeped into the popular culture, from movies to TV shows, podcasts and books. Even people who know almost nothing about fungi know that they help trees to talk to each other, swap resources, care for their young, send warning signals, and more. But are these claims supported by scientific evidence? Is the story too good to be true? And more importantly, how does it influence the way we conserve and restore our native forests?Dr Camille Truong is a mycologist and research scientist at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria and Honorary Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne. In 2022 Camille was awarded the Maxwell/Hanrahan Award in Field Biology as a recognition of her work in understanding and conserving fungi in forests worldwide.
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