Complex Design: Study Finds Fungal Networks Are So Massive That They Would Span 10% Of The Milky Way

Under your feet is a whole hidden world. While you might see a few mushrooms—the fruiting bodies of fungi—on a walk through the woods, what you can’t see is the vast underground network connecting the plant community.

These networks are a vital part of the health of any ecosystem as they facilitate the exchange of nutrients (like phosphorus and nitrogen) and carbon to and from plants. It’s a complex arrangement that we don’t fully understand and that even involves the plants and fungi bargaining