Some sneak-thief plants have tapped into the most widespread network of soil fungi, and they’re using it to steal food from respectable green plants, according to a new study of underground connections.
UNDERWORLD CONNECTIONS. A parasitic Arachnitis plant in Argentina doesn’t have the chlorophyll to make its own food but steals it via a vast underground network of fungi.
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