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I just heard Paul Stamets say that soil is around 30% fungal mass, dead and alive, and that makes fungus the greatest repository of carbon in the biosphere. So
by hirundo 7y ago
I just heard Paul Stamets say that soil is around 30% fungal mass, dead and alive, and that makes fungus the greatest repository of carbon in the biosphere. So to sequester a maximum amount of carbon maybe we should be optimizing for fungus rather than trees. Is a forest the best way to do that? Trees do have a lot of surface area for fungal growth. If so maybe we should be selecting kinds of trees to plant based on their fungal friendliness.
- tsar_nikolai 7y agoforests are known to support huge fungal networks https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycorrhizal_network https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mycorrhizal_network
- manifestsilence 7y agoThat makes me think prairie may compete well with forests in effectiveness. Many prairie plants have 10' roots or more, and the root systems are dense. Over time they do quite a bit for the soil and sequester a lot of biomass.