• joostjakob@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    IIRC, this actually happens. When the balance is disturbed, the mushrooms go wild and destroy young sapplings. Could be I recall incorrectly and it’s actually other species. I cannot recommend The Mother Tree enough, it goes into great detail of the history of research into this

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      11 months ago

      Great book Made me consider how we give for granted that research is impartial while actually it is not