compostgoblin@slrpnk.net to solarpunk memes@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 days agoMushrooms are without compareslrpnk.netimagemessage-square40fedilinkarrow-up1733arrow-down111
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minus-squareeestileib@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up66·3 days 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-squareOisteink@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up43·3 days 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_Shovel@slrpnk.netMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·edit-23 days 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