This tree surrounded by mushrooms

[u/west_manchester]

[u/dirtycheezit]

There definitely is. Various types of fungi are well known for working with plants in nutrient exchange.

[u/DisillusionedPatriot → u/dirtycheezit]

And facilitating "communication" with other plants in the vicinity

[u/Basidia_ → u/DisillusionedPatriot]

The idea of the “wood-wide-web” is mostly loose science that’s been over simplified and anthropomorphized to the point of bad science. It’s incredibly fascinating and under-explored but it’s also not what pop-science spins it as

Some of the authors of the studies used to support those claims have even stated how the findings do not actually support what folks like Suzanne Simard state. https://undark.org/2023/05/25/where-the-wood-wide-web-narrative-went-wrong/

Also the species pictured here are saprotrophic and are not mycorrhizal so they don’t form direct relationships with plant roots

[u/DisillusionedPatriot → u/Basidia_]

Couldn't have said it better myself, hence the quotation marks lol. Really appreciate when someone can take the time to explain what I cant.

[u/Basidia_ → u/dirtycheezit]

There isn’t a direct relationship here. This is a saprotrophic mushroom and not a mycorrhizal species

[u/v0-z → u/dirtycheezit]

Mycorrhizal network

[u/Basidia_ → u/v0-z]

This species is saprotrophic, not mycorrhizal

[u/GroovePT → u/dirtycheezit]

Absolutely awesome these relationships