
Trees can only absorb nutrients from the tip of its roots.Fungus can draw water and nutrients from the soil.For example, nitrogen is used in DNA and in lignin cells, which make the tree rigid.If they only had that mechanism, trees wouldn’t be tall.A tree turns inorganic carbon into organic carbon.The tree has something the fungus needs and the fungus has something the tree needs.Why are fungi creating this network and why do trees need it? They’re everywhere and some even go on for 7 miles.
There are little white threads attached to the roots, smaller than an eyelash. The communication is not only made by the main roots. Trees have a complex communication network. The bigger and older the tree is, the more connected it is. 1 tree was connected to 47 other trees. She sealed trees into plastics bags and injected radioactive gas. She leads an experiment to test it out. Suzanne noticed that by cutting a birch tree, the fir tree next to it dies. Normally trees from different species are competitors. Three guests: Suzanne Simard, a professor of forest ecology and teacher at the University of British Columbia, Jennifer Frazer, a science writer that has a blog called The Artful Amoeba, and Roy Halling, a mycologist. This Week in Startups with Jason Calacanis. The Unraveling Podcast with Jocko Willink and Darryl Cooper. Spearhead with Naval Ravikant and Babak Nivi. Christopher Lockhead's Follow Your Different. Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders Meeting.