How to pronounce “mycorrhiza” in English

And mycorrhizae, which live along the roots and connect-- they're sort of the plant internet-- that connects all the plants so they

And actually the mycorrhizae also help with nutrition for the plants and so on.

Yeah. So mycorrhizal networks are a certain kind of fungi, mycorrhizal fungi, which

And actually, mycorrhizas were present when plants evolved and moved from ocean onto lands and were essential in the coevolution of plants

So they're just the big hubs in that mycorrhizal network.

So, the mycorrhizal population goes completely out of control and this is what brings minerals into the plant. This is what nourishes the plant, keeps it healthy, keeps it vital, and

But even more worrisome, the mycorrhiza that are on these plants that, just like trees, they help the plants absorb nutrients,

Great. So the terms "mother tree" and mycorrhizal network are at the heart of your research.

So all over the world, trees form mycorrhizas, and because a lot of these mycorrhizas are what we call generalists, meaning that they

for beneficial soil microbes, for mycorrhizal.

Since the late 1800s, really, people understood that mycorrhizas were important in plant growth and survival and fitness.

So all tree species around the world are dependent on mycorrhizas for their fitness.

of wild truffles. And they're hard to grow and mycorrhizal and whatnot.

And so researchers in the last few decades, starting in about 1980, started working on that these mycorrhizas can actually link plants together.