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Trees can share nutrients and chemical signals through fungal networks in soil, linking individual plants into underground relationships.

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Mycorrhizal fungi connect roots and soil in living threads. Through those partnerships, plants can exchange resources and information-like chemical cues. The popular 'wood wide web' image can be overstated, but the core insight holds: a forest is not just trunks above ground; it is relationships below ground.

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Ağaçlar topraktaki mantar ağları üzerinden besinleri ve kimyasal sinyalleri paylaşabilir; tek tek bitkiler yeraltı ilişkilerine bağlanır.

Mikorizal mantarlar kökleri ve toprağı canlı ipliklerle bağlar. Bu ortaklıklar aracılığıyla bitkiler kaynakları ve bilgiye benzeyen kimyasal ipuçlarını paylaşabilir. Popüler 'orman interneti' benzetisi abartılabilir; ama temel içgörü geçerlidir: Orman yalnız yer üstündeki gövdeler değil, yer altındaki ilişkilerdir.

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Background reading: Mycorrhizal networkAttribution and context are revised when stronger evidence appears. Corrections are welcome through the editorial page.
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