Finding The Mother Tree by Suzanne Simard is a book of interest to anyone interested in the vital role of mycorrhizal networks that sustain tree life on planet earth.
A sub-editor on the scientific journal Nature back in 1997 coined the phrase “the wood-wide web” while describing the work of the author who was a young researcher in Canada’s conifer forests at the time.
Suzanne Simard’s paper blew apart two centuries of conventional wisdom about how trees live together. She proved that woodland trees are linked by underground fungal threads, through which nutrients, water and information are equitably shared.
This will be a fascinating read for any mycophile and for the general reader.
