Nature’s Friendships
Updated: Jun 18, 2021
Author: Ellie Wang
Editor: Liane Xu
Artist: Nicole Tseng
What do you think of when you picture a forest? Conventionally, it would be a collection of silent and isolated trees, grouped only because of their physical closeness. However, new research reveals that forests are communities, connected through a network of symbiotic relationships with fungi. Mycorrhizae, a type of symbiotic relationship that exists between plants and fungi, are the key to a thriving forest.
