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Global hotspots of mycorrhizal fungal richness are poorly protected (opens in new tab)

Covered by 6 sources including Nautilus, earth.com

Covered in 6 articles

Hidden Fungal Networks Could Stretch from the Earth to the Sun a Billion Times Over

A hidden fungal network longer than the distance to the Sun wraps the roots of 70% of Earth’s plants, and the first global map finds it densest not under rainfo...

Beneath our feet lies a fungal superhighway stretching 68 quadrillion miles

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621 trillion miles of fungi networks crisscross the planet

68 Quadrillion Miles: Scientists Map Earth’s Vast Hidden Fungal Network for the First Time

First global map of mycorrhizal fungi reveals true scale of underground networks across the planet