Dec 31, 2014 - Rhizomes: Issue 15: Jason Groves Figure 1. The mycelium is composed of a membrane of interweaving, continuously branching chain cells. Photograph by C.W. Mims. http://www.rhizomes.net/issue15/groves/

Foraging fungal mycelia as model experimental networks ( for resilience)

Under our feet lies an extraordinary system that helps the world in too many ways to count. Mushrooms and the mycelium network are nothing short of magical!

Mycelium is a root-like structure of a fungus consisting of a mass of branching that connect organism together.

The main part of a mushroom is the mycelium, which is a network of fungal threads that grows inside or on top of different materials, such as wood, straw, or compost. The mushroom that we see is only a fruiting body that the mycelium makes when it wants to spread its spores. Mushroom cultivators use agar, a gel-like substance from red algae, to grow the mycelium

Researchers are mapping the underground network of mycorrhizal fungi for the first time, which allows trees to communicate and aids in carbon storage.

The microbial community in the ground is as important as the one in our guts.

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