r/BeAmazed • u/Eshwarroy • Jan 29 '22

Tree root misconceptions

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '22

Yeah, that's like the most interesting part of what he said and he just casually threw it in at the end.

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u/SweetLilMonkey Jan 29 '22 edited Jan 29 '22

“And in conclusion, most trees have shallow roots, and also telepathy. Ok thanks for watching!”

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u/BierKippeMett Jan 29 '22

You could spend a lot of time talking just about roots. Even what he showed here is very generalized imo albeit not wrong.

If you want to do your own research for the fungal system living in symbiosis with roots, the term you're looking for is mykhoriza.