Episode 2: Roots!
from Hyperfixation Investigations Hosted by Kara Nyhan
We're digging down this week and researching the basics of root structures and mycelium! Learn as Josh presents about their similarities and differences and our hosts discuss their wider effect on our natural world.
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Listen as Josh digs down into the topic of root systems and mycelium. There are a lot of differences to these systems even though they can look and function somewhat similarly. In some ways, fungi/mycelium are more related to animals than to plants! Roots and mycelium are also important parts of ecosystems, from forests to riverbanks to plains. Recent studies have looked at what happens when these two systems overlap and how this has spread the somewhat romanticized idea of forest communication and “Mother Trees”. Discussion Includes: Plant Root Systems: Purpose, Functions, Structure, & Growth Kingdoms vs. Clades Fungi Mycelium Systems: Purpose, Functions, Structure, & Fruiting Bodies (Mushrooms) Fractals The Dust Bowl and General Environmental Importance of Plants and Fungi How Humans Personify Trees ©️Wolf & Stag Productions LLC, 2024
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