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Fungi communicate with one another in the presence of metal pollution in forests

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Fungi communicate with one another in the presence of metal pollution in forests
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VUB researcher Maarten Ottaway investigated how trees and their invisible underground allies—the fungi—respond to soil pollution. His Ph.D. sheds new light on an age-old partnership that is crucial for healthy forests, and on how that partnership holds up under the pressure of metal pollution.

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