wood-wide web

English

Noun

wood-wide web (plural wood-wide webs)

1. Alternative form of wood wide web
   • 2020, Brian Grogan, The Amazing Story of a Small Blue Planet, page 58:

     While they work hard for us and for the environment, they also form a 'wood-wide web' of mutual communication and support through fungal interconnections.

   • 2021, Henry Gee, A (Very) Short History of Life On Earth:

     When you next walk in the woods, consider that in the ground beneath your feet, the mycorrhizae of different plants have linked up to exchange nutrients, forming a wood-wide web that regulates the growth of the entire forest.

   • 2022, Steve Trudell, Mushrooms of the Pacific Northwest:

     Other evidence suggests the existence of “wood-wide webs” in which forest trees are tied together into large networks by fungal hyphae connecting their roots.