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Some fungi trade phosphorus with plants like savvy stockbrokers

New details show a fungus shifting its nutrient wares toward more favorable markets

fungi network

NETWORKING SKILLS  Underground networks of some fungi (shown magnified and colorized) have canny trade moves when it comes to swapping phosphorus for carbon.

Victor Caldas, M.D. Whiteside et al/Current Biology 2019

By Susan Milius

- More than 2 years ago

Some stringy fungi are tough negotiators, trading nutrients shrewdly with plants.