Mycelium are incredibly tiny threads of fungal organisms that wrap around or bore into tree roots, composing what's called a mycorrhizal network that connects individual plants together. These dense ...

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Take a quiet walk through a forest. Maybe it's a trail in Oregon, Vermont, or Colorado. The trees look independent—tall, still, rooted in their own patch. Yet below the surface, they may be linked in ...

We don’t often think about the roots of trees until there is a problem. A forester friend of mine called it a “fencepost mentality.” Being underground, they are often out of sight out of mind. However ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. On a hillside in Utah’s Fishlake National Forest is a tree, and if you listen very ...