Do trees communicate via a ‘wood wide web’? The evidence is lacking

A overview of research on mycorrhizal fungi finds there’s inadequate proof for the favored concept that bushes talk and share assets by way of these underground networks

By Luke Taylor

The concept that bushes talk and share assets with one another by way of an underground community of fungi, generally known as the “wood-wide web”, has little proof to again it up, say researchers who’ve reviewed the science.

Mycorrhizal fungi dwell on vegetation’ roots and develop into huge networks beneath the forest ground. In current years, books and documentaries have popularised the concept that these fungal networks assist bushes recognise their household – …