Appreciation: "The Wood-Wide-Web: Are Plants Inter-Connected by a Subterranean Fungal Network?"

Very interesting, it was only yesterday that I learned that there is a so called "wood wide web":

At the Root of the Wood Wide Web

The Wood-Wide-Web: Are Plants Inter-Connected by a Subterranean Fungal Network?

So I understand that mushrooms are an indicator of the presence of such network. I saw mushrooms these days in my garden, where plants were planted intensively in the past 5 years. I also wonder if the fungi I always notice especially on the roots of potted conifers is the fungi in discussion.

 

Yes, also see this Botany Photo of the Day entry

 

Thank you Daniel for posting that,
I was there for that talk at the VMS show, I still find that mycorrhizal map just amazing!
cheers,
frog

 

Thanks, that is a great research. I did not pay much attention when I probably got that Botany Photo of the Day

I looked for mushrooms in my garden and here are some photos of I think two different types:




So I start do understand what is going on in the ground. And I feel I was not that wrong when I did not refrain myself from quite high density planting. I always thought a group of 3-4 birch trees would look much better than an isolated one.

 

stellar pictures.