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Illustration of a red-capped mushroom wearing a red cape next to bold text reading 'Can fungi save the world?' with a smokestack in the background.

Know about the role of fungi in the forest ecosystem, where some digest plant matter, while others team with the plant (mycorrhizal) mutually

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Illustration of a red-capped mushroom wearing a red cape next to bold text reading 'Can fungi save the world?' with a smokestack in the background.

The Tiny Fungi Fighting Climate Change

These aren't your average mushrooms.

Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Know about the role of fungi in the forest ecosystem, where some digest plant matter, while others team with the plant (mycorrhizal) mutually

Know about the role of fungi in the forest ecosystem, where some digest plant matter, while others team with the plant (mycorrhizal) mutually

Learn about fungi in the forest ecosystem, including how some fungi digest plant...

Video: © Open University (A Britannica Publishing Partner)

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An ericoid mycorrhiza also spelled Mycorhiza fungus on a snow wreath (Woollsia...

Dr. David Midgley

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