#wood wide web

[mushtoons]

barer of the curse -> (keeps getting obsessed in fandoms that have little to no body else in them)

#SOBBING I NEED MY BRAIN ITCHED!!! #HIW CAN I DO THAT WHEN I GOTTA DRAW THE BLORBOS MYSELF?!? IM LAZY!!! #anyways please talk metal family with me i love them #wood wide web

[probablyasocialecologist]

The three of us have studied forest fungi for our whole careers, and even we were surprised by some of the more extraordinary claims surfacing in the media about the wood-wide web. Thinking we had missed something, we thoroughly reviewed 26 field studies, including several of our own, that looked at the role fungal networks play in resource transfer in forests. What we found shows how easily confirmation bias, unchecked claims, and credulous news reporting can, over time, distort research findings beyond recognition. It should serve as a cautionary tale for scientists and journalists alike.

First, let’s be clear: Fungi do grow inside and on tree roots, forming a symbiosis called a mycorrhiza, or fungus-root. Mycorrhizae are essential for the normal growth of trees. Among other things, the fungi can take up from the soil, and transfer to the tree, nutrients that roots could not otherwise access. In return, fungi receive from the roots sugars they need to grow.

As fungal filaments spread out through forest soil, they will often, at least temporarily, physically connect the roots of two neighboring trees. The resulting system of interconnected tree roots is called a common mycorrhizal network, or CMN.

When people speak of the wood-wide web, they are generally referring to CMNs. But there’s very little that scientists can say with certainty about how, and to what extent, trees interact via CMNs. Unfortunately, that hasn’t prevented the emergence of wildly speculative claims, often with little or no experimental evidence to back them up.

One common assertion is that seedlings benefit from being connected to mature trees via CMNs. However, across the 28 experiments that directly tackled that question, the answer varied depending on the trees’ species, and on when, where, and in what type of soil the seedling is planted. In other words, there is no consensus. Allowed to form CMNs with larger trees, some seedlings seem to perform better, others worse, and still others seem to behave no differently at all. Field experiments designed to allow roots of trees and seedlings to intermingle — as they would in natural forest conditions — cast still more doubt on the seedling hypothesis: In only 18 percent of those studies were the positive effects of CMNs strong enough to overcome the negative effects of root interactions. To say that seedlings generally grow or survive better when connected to CMNs is to make a generalization that simply isn’t supported by the published research.

Other widely reported claims — that trees use CMNs to signal danger, to recognize offspring, or to share nutrients with other trees — are based on similarly thin or misinterpreted evidence. How did such a weakly sourced narrative take such a strong grip on the public imagination?

#trees #forest #fungi #wood wide web #ecology #see also: Peter Wohlleben's anthropomorphism of trees

[plantpirating]

I suspect the answer to a lot of life’s mysteries is fungus. 

#fungus #mushrooms #avatar #avatar the last airbender #wood wide web #mycelium #hyphae #slime molds #I know they're not a fungus #but still cool #spores

[wyldefungi]

#fungi #fantastic fungi #mycology #mushrooms #fungus #wild fungi #fungi fan club #wood wide web

[graveyarddirt]

#mother tree #Finding the Mother Tree #Suzanne Simard #wood wide web #mycorrhizal fungi

[rebeccathenaturalist]

One of my recent Rainy Rambles columns is an introduction to the "Wood Wide Web", that intricate mycorrhizal relationship among soil fungi and plant roots. It's a quick read that just hits the highlights, but it's a good starting point for those unfamiliar with the concept. Enjoy :)

#trees #Wood Wide Web #mycorrhizal #plants #botany #fungi #fungus #mushrooms #mycology #soil microbiome #soil #forest #ecology #nature

[myceliumsys]

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𓋼𓍊𓋼 𓍊𓋼𓆏𓋼𓍊 𓍊𓋼𓍊𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𓋼𓍊𓋼

We're a diagnosed DID system who collectively use We/Us/Our and occasionally I/Me/My

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𓋼𓍊𓋼 𓍊𓋼𓆏𓋼𓍊 𓍊𓋼𓍊𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𓋼𓍊𓋼

We Collectively Use The Name Mycelium, Or Mycel For Short

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𓋼𓍊𓋼 𓍊𓋼𓆏𓋼𓍊 𓍊𓋼𓍊𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𓋼𓍊𓋼

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𓋼𓍊𓋼 𓍊𓋼𓆏𓋼𓍊 𓍊𓋼𓍊𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𓋼𓍊𓋼

∆ Preferably Ask Who Is Fronting

𓍊𓋼𓍊𓋼𓍊𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𓋼𓍊𓋼 𓍊𓋼𓆏𓋼𓍊 𓍊𓋼𓍊𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧𓋼𓍊𓋼

#pinned post #system stuff #wood wide web

[mushtoons]

here. take it. it doesn't take more than two seconds to help.

#wood wide web #palestine #literally just click it if all else

[mushtoons]

Would you perhaps… draw ROTTMNT Raph and Donnie hugging? 🥺

they're just babies 🥺

#okay this was so wholesome to draw tysm #healed a little part of my soul /silly /hj #realized i dont think any of us have drawn these two really doing much together #which is a shame cuz we care them sm #anyways ur boys #lololololol #rottmnt #wood wide web #mycel doodles #silly stuff

[mushtoons]

losing my fuckin mind over this tiktok

#GLAD WE ALL AGREE BRO WAS KINDA SUS FOR THAT ONE 😏 #KEKEKEKEKEKEK #wood wide web #fionna and cake

[mushtoons]

ah fuck we forgor happy flat fuck friday

#wood wide web

[mushtoons]

BAPS U BAPS U BAPS U BAPS U

#EHEHEHEHEHE #BOOP #wood wide web

[mushtoons]

@ tumblr staff hey i dont ask for much

#PLEASE I LOVE THIS BUTTON #SOBBING #wood wide web

[mushtoons]

hi

wtf is this???

#djdjd #wood wide web

[mushtoons]

this hits different when you're a transfem leo truther

#like yes #yes she is #local ninja turtle proudly out and being her best self #silly stuff #wood wide web #transfem leo

[mushtoons]

today had been eventful but through horrible impulsive actions we're now distracted fully from the horrors <- got a tongue piercing without thinking it through

#didn't ask the rest of the system and it hurts #BUT COOL PIERCING MAKES BRAIN GO BRRRRRRR #more blood than i expected but didn't hurt like i thought it would 🤔 #anyways now ur bitch REALLY cant talk lmaoo #<- tongue is swoll #wood wide web