Vast Underground Fungal Network Discovered: Global Map Unveiled
Beneath the Earth’s surface lies an extraordinary underground fungal network of almost unimaginable scale. An international team of researchers has, for the first time, produced a global map of this vast mycorrhizal network—the system of fungal filaments that forms mutually beneficial partnerships with plants across the planet.
Estimated to stretch for roughly 110 quadrillion kilometers in total, nearly 1 billion times the distance between the Earth and the sun, this hidden network plays a crucial role in supporting plant life and regulating the Earth’s climate.
