http://www.esa.org/esablog/ecology-in-the-news/forest-dance-on-wires-depicts-a-creeping-fungal-multitude-blown-back-by-a-tornado/
Plant biology PhD student Uma Nagendra of the University of Georgia, Athens, wins the 2014 Dance Your PhD competion, sponsored by Science, AAAS, and HighWire Press.
Floating on trapeze wires, young white pine seedlings unfurl and reach for light. But lurking in the roots of the parent tree are dangerous fungi that creep forth to strike at the young scions. The sprouts closest to the great tree falter and wilt, giving ground to other plants. But lo! a tornado approachesÂ…
