Astonishing: trees communicate, coordinate action, and share material resources via a fungal network. http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/artful-amoeba/2015/05/09/dying-trees-can-send-food-to-neighbors-of-different-species/ … via @Jayarava
@Meaningness I got a really cranky email from a friend at 4:00 this morning about that article, not exactly sure what the beef is -
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@Meaningness "urging us to empathize with trees as social animals" by coming to the exact opposite conclusion about self-interested fungi? -
@sarahdoingthing Yeah, I looked at it from that point of view too. You have to consider both perspectives when looking at social evopsych - 2 more replies
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@sarahdoingthing@Meaningness why/how cranky? -
@cwage@Meaningness annoyed at the characterization of the trees as social when it's the fungi apparently doing the transmitting (selfishly) - 1 more reply
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