Event Summary
Few ecological concepts have affected public discourse as much as the ‘wood-wide web’. This story holds that all trees in a forest are physically connected belowground by fungi, and that the fungi serve as conduits for the flow of resources and signals among the networked trees. Through these fungal networks, ‘Mother trees’ recognize and warn kin of danger. Though widely appealing and massively popular, I will explain why this story does not survive scientific scrutiny.
When?
4th December 2024
Where?
Online