Scientists map fungal networks and find hidden moss fungus (opens in new tab)

Two recent studies examined fungi in plant life: Phys.org described a hidden fungus inside desert moss that researchers said could alter the 470-million-year account of how plants moved onto land, while a separate Science study mapped arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi across global topsoils for the first time. The mapping study estimated that Earth’s topsoils contain about 110 quadrillion kilometers, or roughly 68 quadrillion miles, of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal hyphae, microscopic tube-like st...