Plants had an already intimate, fifty million year old relationship with mycorrhizal fungi before the first root burrowed into rock and soil. Without the cohesive presence of this fungi inside of plants which, at the time, were little more than puddles of green goo, the very structure of plants as we know them would not have occurred.
Mycorrhizal fungi actually taught plants how to make roots and all terrestrial life owes its existence to that didactic.
Seems worth learning a bit more about 🧐
Mycorrhizal fungi play in both the light and the mud. Part of this thing lives full time inside the plant where light and carbon are packed into lipids and sugars. The other part mines the earth for mineral and organic nutrients.
They also act as the Silk Road for trade between themselves and the plant as they exchange the nutrients for the carbon currencies along it.
In the most fundamental of ways the fungi turned algae into a farmable system. The plants we see today are nothing more than the fungal farmers' design that compels a space to be productive.
because I th8nk this is utterly fantastic I thought I'd add some hashtags ...
#Mycorrhizal #fungi play in both the #light and the #mud. Part of this thing lives full time inside the #plant where light and #carbon are packed into #lipids and #sugars. The other part #mines the #earth for #mineral and #organic #nutrients.
They also act as the #SilkRoad for #trade between themselves and the plant as they #exchange the nutrients for the carbon #currencies along it.
In the most fundamental of ways the fungi turned #algae into a farmable system. The plants we see today are nothing more than the fungal #farmers' design that compels a #space to be #productive.
Any #bookstr recommendations for further reading nostr:nprofile1qqsx8zd7vjg70d5na8ek3m8g3lx3ghc8cp5d9sdm4epy0wd4aape6vspz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduqs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dsq32amnwvaz7tmhda6zumn0wd68ytnsv9e8g7g9pux3g ?
I've read 'Entangled Life' by Merlin Sheldrake, but would love more insights
