An amazing talk from Suzanne Simard, Professor in the Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences at the University of British Columbia. She has a PhD in Forrest Sciences from Oregon State University. She talks about how the forest is linked through mycorrhizal connections, how trees communicate with fungi, and with each other. She explains how large "mother" trees help their offspring, as well as their "neighbors" thrive in the coniferous forests of the west. A huge cycle, or "spiral," of life if you will, is taking place and how humans are impacting the forest system.
She also has an amazing movie/documentary on Amazon Prime called Intelligent Trees which we highly suggest you watch. It will change the way you look at a forest, especially the old growth forests, and how important conservation measures are to not only fungi and plants and trees, but to humans and life on earth as we know it.
Kitsap Peninsula Mycological Society was honored to have her give this talk during a club meeting which was open to non-club members because we feel this topic is so important.
Mushroom wonderland feels fortunate and is honored to present "Mother Trees and the Social Forest.
