See the Hidden Fungal Network So Big It Could Stretch to Proxima Centauri and Back
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Researchers have created the first high-resolution global map of Earth's underground fungal networks, revealing a living system so vast its total length could span the distance to the nearest star and back.
This is a mapping achievement, not a new discovery that these networks exist — mycorrhizal fungi have been studied for decades.
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