Stowaway fungi hitch a ride with birds to be with their plant partners
Thursday, January 24, 2019 - 03:00
in Biology & Nature
For the first time, scientists have shown that fungal hitchhikers use birds to colonize new territories with their plant partners. In a New Phytologist study, the researchers provide the first evidence that birds don't just carry plants to new places, but their fungal partners too.