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Every teaspoon of soil is teeming with life. Some organisms are easy to spot, such as worms and beetles. But there are millions that cannot be seen with the naked eye. Emily Schofield explains how fungi form an essential part of an underground ecosystem that plays a crucial role in recycling nutrients and carbon

Figure 1 Tree roots (yellow/brown) with mycorrhizal fungus spreading out into the surrounding soil (white) ×5

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