Turns out: fungi have a lot to do with it. This is a fascinating account of the secret life of the forest floor from the great podcast people at RadioLab.
http://www.radiolab.org/story/from-tree-to-shining-tree/
Turns out: fungi have a lot to do with it. This is a fascinating account of the secret life of the forest floor from the great podcast people at RadioLab.
http://www.radiolab.org/story/from-tree-to-shining-tree/