Unearthing the secret social lives of trees – podcast

Over her career, first as a forester and then as a professor of forest ecology, Suzanne Simard has been uncovering the hidden fungal networks that connect trees and allow them to send signals and share resources. Speaking to Suzanne about her new book, Finding the Mother Tree,Linda Geddes discovers how these underground webs allow plants to cooperate and communicate with each otherContinue reading...

Source: Guardian Unlimited Science - April 29, 2021 Category: Science Authors: Presented by Linda Geddes and produced by Madeleine Finlay Tags: Science Environment Biology Trees and forests Fungi Source Type: news