@compostgoblin@slrpnk.net to solarpunk memes@slrpnk.netEnglish • 7 months agoMushrooms are without compareslrpnk.netimagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up1612arrow-down18
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minus-square@eestileib@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink52•7 months agoForests have gigantic underground fungal networks that connect trees to one another, allowing them to exchange chemical signals. https://web.archive.org/web/20240624022853/https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2019/exploring-the-underground-network-of-trees-the-nervous-system-of-the-forest/
minus-square@Oisteink@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink36•7 months agoExcept nobody asked it if was the other way around - that the mushroom is a tree farmer keeping in touch with all its trees nurturing and transporting stuff between them
minus-squareTrack_ShovelMlinkfedilinkEnglish3•edit-27 months agoI like this idea - semi-sentient mushrooms just dictating the biome to suit their needs
Forests have gigantic underground fungal networks that connect trees to one another, allowing them to exchange chemical signals.
https://web.archive.org/web/20240624022853/https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2019/exploring-the-underground-network-of-trees-the-nervous-system-of-the-forest/
Except nobody asked it if was the other way around - that the mushroom is a tree farmer keeping in touch with all its trees nurturing and transporting stuff between them
I like this idea - semi-sentient mushrooms just dictating the biome to suit their needs