How Do Fungi Keep the Planet Healthy?

Evolutionary biologist Toby Kiers explains how fungal networks in soil trade nutrients with plants, help keep carbon underground, and strike bargains without having a brain.
59 points by marojejian 4 days ago www.quantamagazine.org 9 comments

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Fungi play a crucial role in ecosystem health by trading nutrients with plants and sequestering carbon in the soil. Toby Kiers sheds light on these complex networks and their surprising ability to negotiate without a central brain.

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