Wood Wide Web

Join us for a Talk & Tacos with leading mycologist Christian Schwarz, coauthor of Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast!

Join Fork in the Path for a special talk & tacos with leading mycologist Christian Schwarz, co-author of Mushrooms of the Redwood Coast, plus tacos by renowned mycochef Chad Hyatt.

What You'll Learn

The Underground Internet, 30 Years Later
By now, almost everyone's heard of "Wood Wide Webs" - invisible forest networks through which trees, fungi, and other organisms communicate and exchange resources. This concept has been covered extensively in mainstream news and popular science outlets, and has even made its way into movies and fiction! But where did this idea come from? What do we actually know about how it works? We'll talk about the history of the metaphor, take a look at the existing body of research, examine recent challenges to the idea from modern findings, and think about what directions future investigations might need to take.