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Talking toadstools: Mushrooms communicate with each other using up to 50 ‘words’, scientist claims

Flora & Fauna

Talking toadstools: Mushrooms communicate with each other using up to 50 ‘words’, scientist claims

A researcher at the University of the West of England theorises electrical impulses sent by mycological organisms could be similar to…

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Who says trees can’t talk? Trees communicate with each other on the “Wood Wide Web”

Sustainable Planet

Who says trees can’t talk? Trees communicate with each other on the “Wood Wide Web”

Discover how trees “talk” to each other by forming underground symbiotic relationships with fungi to relay stress signals and share resources…

2 mins
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The worlds first “living coffin” takes care of life after death

Sustainable Planet

The worlds first “living coffin” takes care of life after death

A Netherlands-based startup has created eco-friendly fungi mycelium caskets so you can now feed the earth with your very own nutrients…

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Discover how trees secretly talk to each other using the “Wood Wide Web”

Inspiring People

Discover how trees secretly talk to each other using the “Wood Wide Web”

Learn how trees “talk” to each other by forming underground symbiotic relationships with fungi to relay stress signals and share resources…

5 mins
35

Plastic-eating mushrooms: Growing food on toxic waste

Sustainable Planet

Plastic-eating mushrooms: Growing food on toxic waste

Could this plastic-eating fungi be one solution for two of the world’s biggest crises — plastic waste and hunger?

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