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the internet ran on cables for decades; forests ran on this for eons
means The vast, branching network of fine thread-like filaments (hyphae) that makes up the main body of a fungus, spreading underground or through its food source while the mushroom is just the fruit it pushes up.
from From the Greek 'mykes,' meaning fungus or mushroom — the same root that gives us 'mycology,' the study of fungi. The '-elium' tail follows the pattern of 'epithelium' and other tissue words from Greek, marking it as a biological coinage of the 19th century, when scientists were busy naming the hidden architecture of living things. So at heart the word simply says 'the stuff a mushroom is made of.'
- largest organism
- one Oregon fungus spans 2,385 acres underground
- forest internet
- trees trade sugar and warnings through fungal threads
- plastic eater
- some species digest polyurethane and crude oil
- building material
- grown into bricks, leather, and packaging foam
- ancient giants
- prehistoric fungi towered eight meters tall
armillaria ostoyae — largest organism on earth by mass, single fungal mycelium covering 2,384 acres in oregon's malheur national forest
honey fungus of wales — mycelium in brecon beacons spreading across 100+ acres, one of largest organisms by area in uk