When algae met fungi - life’s most successful partnership | Mycorrhizal Fungi

Buried in the soil lies a hidden network that transformed the planet and plays a vital role in ecosystems today.
Director: May Kindred-Boothby (www.maykindredboothby.co.uk/)
Writer and Narrator: Merlin Sheldrake
Video by SPUN @spununderground
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www.ffungi.org/
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The early ancestors of plants were simple forms of algae, which drifted rootless through fresh waters. Most biologists believe that, only when algae partnered with a very different life form - fungi - some 470 million years ago, was it able thrive on land (www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/arti.... Indeed, today some nine in 10 land plants exist in symbiosis with what’s known as ‘mycorrhizal’ fungi, which helps their roots to extract nutrients from the ground. This animation from the Society for the Protection of Underground Networks and the Fungi Foundation details how this hidden relationship operates, the vital role these underground fungal networks play in ecosystems worldwide, and the threats they currently face due to human activity.

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I am a firm believer in the importance of clean air, pure water, and fertile soil, to sustain life as we know it.

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This is wonderful. Fungi & algae found love.

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This deserves way more views

[@hym-draw]

Such a cool and beautiful video! Thanks a lot for informing us about fungi!!

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so excited for his movie to come out to more widely disperse this information!

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I didn't know this!

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