How Do Mushrooms Talk to Trees?
from The Quiet Shift: Everyday Wonders for Sleep Hosted by The Quiet Shift
In a single teaspoon of forest soil, there are miles of fungal threads — stitching trees together into the "wood wide web." Tonight: how trees trade sugar for phosphorus, warn each other about insects, and send water to neighbours in drought. Plus Suzanne Simard, the logger's daughter who discovered it all; the 35,000-ton Humongous Fungus; the truffle's perfume; and the honest scientific fight over whether forests are families or marketplaces. Just long enough to fall asleep to. 🌙
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