Researchers combined more than 16,000 soil samples with predictive models to map the global density of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungal networks.
These underground fungal networks exchange nutrients and water for plant-derived carbon, making the soil itself part of a vast distributed resource-sharing infrastructure.
A two minute introduction from the BBC on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWOqeyPIVRo
There are a few excellent documentaries on this including https://fungimove.com and Apple TV’s The Kingdom https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/the-kingdom-how-fungi-made-our-world/umc.cmc.4gw3t7s2abo51ro4e3prqiif
