In case someone is tempted to think these are bridges to sentience, it's not. Fungal mycorrhizal connections allow trees to assess the conditions of their colonized spaces they inhabit in order to respond to fires/drought/etc. Trees aren't having frontal lobe conversations & expressing emotions.
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by Ursula K. Le Guin, oh, and this:
https://berggruen.org/news/crosslucidvideo