Underground Explorers
Press coverage around SPUN and mycorrhizal fungal networks.
Mycorrhizal communities associated with 'monumental trees' in the Bieszczady part of Polish Carpathian primal forests
Władysław Polcyn
POLAND
Cohort:
2022
project abstract
The idea of our project within SPUN is to provide evidence of root mycobiome biodiversity around monumental trees forming the backbone of East Carpathian Biosphere Reserve. Polish NGOs have provided us with GPS coordinates of 3675 ‘monumental trees’ which should be considered as the ‘hot spots’ of the region, but still are being logged there at an alarming rate.
We intend to support the initiative to include this priceless sites in the Bieszczady National Park. Therefore, we want to share the scientific data with the activist and artistic communities in Poland to speak more loudly about the importance of forest mycorrhizal networks.
Photo by Janusz Maniak on Unsplash