I first became acquainted with this idea when I read the novel The Overstory, a truly incredible…

One of the most fascinating ideas that has recently been hypothesized that forests contain “mother trees” (first identified by Suzanne Simard, a forest ecologist at the University of British Columbia). These trees serve as central hubs or a type of command center for massive mycorrhizal networks. Connected through these networks, mother trees are able to provide seedlings (some suggest even the…

Fantastic Fungi and Where to Find Them

Michael Barnes

Suzanne Cloud

1 min readFeb 9, 2020

I first became acquainted with this idea when I read the novel The Overstory, a truly incredible book by Richard Powers. It changed the way I look at trees forever. Welcome to Medium, Michael!

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Writer, historian, jazz singer-songwriter, PhD American Studies. Author of Images of America: Philadelphia Jazz and the play “Last Call at the Downbeat”

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