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Today, over ninety percent of plants depend on mycorrhizal fungi, which link trees and other plants in shared networks also known as the ''wood wide web.'' This ancient partnership gave rise to life on land, with lichens - a union of fungi and algae - being the first organisms to establish themselves on land and make the soil in which plants take root.<ref>Entangled Life, by Merlin Sheldrake, p. 4-5</ref> | Today, over ninety percent of plants depend on mycorrhizal fungi, which link trees and other plants in shared [[mycelium|mycelial networks]] also known as the ''wood wide web.'' This ancient partnership gave rise to life on land, with lichens - a union of fungi and algae - being the first organisms to establish themselves on land and make the soil in which plants take root.<ref>Entangled Life, by Merlin Sheldrake, p. 4-5</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 20:26, 13 August 2023
Today, over ninety percent of plants depend on mycorrhizal fungi, which link trees and other plants in shared mycelial networks also known as the wood wide web. This ancient partnership gave rise to life on land, with lichens - a union of fungi and algae - being the first organisms to establish themselves on land and make the soil in which plants take root.[1]
Glomalin
Glomalin is a soil glue produced by mycorrhizal fungi which plays an essential role in the formation and maintenance of soil through aggregation, facilitates the transfer of nutrients and water through fungal hyphae and soil ecosystems, and makes up a third of all soil organic carbon.
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- ↑ Entangled Life, by Merlin Sheldrake, p. 4-5