Free University of Brussels-VUB: Fungi Communicate With One Another in Presence of Metal Pollution in Forests
July 08, 2026
July 08, 2026
BRUSSELS, Belgium, July 8 -- Free University of Brussels-VUB issued the following news release:
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Fungi communicate with one another in the presence of metal pollution in forests
Pollution is a stress factor that puts pressure on (and sometimes stimulates) the symbiosis between forests and fungi
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VUB researcher Maarten Ottaway investigated how trees and their invisible underground allies - the fungi - respond to soil pollution . . .
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Fungi communicate with one another in the presence of metal pollution in forests
Pollution is a stress factor that puts pressure on (and sometimes stimulates) the symbiosis between forests and fungi
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VUB researcher Maarten Ottaway investigated how trees and their invisible underground allies - the fungi - respond to soil pollution . . .