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This network was coined the <a href="https://mothertreeproject.org/glossary#wood-wide-web" style="border-bottom: 1px dotted green; text-decoration: none;">âWood Wide Webâ</a> in <a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/41557">Dr. Simardâs 1997 paper</a> published in the scientific journal <em>Nature</em>.</p> 845 846 </div> 847 </div> 848 849 850 851 <div id="col-1424392116" class="col medium-6 small-12 large-6" > 852 <div class="col-inner text-right" > 853 854 855 856 <div class="img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y" id="image_1917242899"> 857 <div class="img-inner dark" > 858 <img decoding="async" width="1020" height="681" src="data:image/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20viewBox%3D%220%200%201020%20681%22%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E" data-src="https://mothertreeproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/about_mycorrhizal-network_defrenne-1199x800.jpg" class="lazy-load attachment-large size-large" alt="Close up of mycorrhizal network" srcset="" data-srcset="https://mothertreeproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/about_mycorrhizal-network_defrenne-1199x800.jpg 1199w, https://mothertreeproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/about_mycorrhizal-network_defrenne-599x400.jpg 599w, https://mothertreeproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/about_mycorrhizal-network_defrenne-768x513.jpg 768w, https://mothertreeproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/about_mycorrhizal-network_defrenne-1320x881.jpg 1320w, https://mothertreeproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/about_mycorrhizal-network_defrenne.jpg 1500w" sizes="(max-width: 1020px) 100v
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