This unfathomably huge fungal network keeps Earth cool and green

Grist
By Matt SimonJun 11, 2026, 2:00 pm123 ptsTrending
Even if you don’t like eating mushrooms, you’re in debt to fungi. One group of them, known as arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, form vast subterranean networks of tubes called hyphae, hooking up with the roots of plants to exchange nutrients. Earth is so verdant in large part thanks to these partnerships, as…

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