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“So there’s a lot of demolition. A lot of the wood is fairly destroyed. Then you need to track down the rhizomorphs, the roots that are pulling in the water, usually from the soil.”

Black, stringy rhizomorphs grow through the soil into the roots and trunk of the tree and attack the wood.

Vargas, R. & Allen, M. F. Dynamics of fine root, fungal rhizomorphs, and soil respiration in a mixed temperate forest: integrating sensors and observations.

Muskat found a rhizomorph at the bottom of our tree, but the healthy-looking wood and the dead-looking mushroom suggested it wouldn’t glow.

Mr. Muskat found a rhizomorph at the bottom of our tree, but the healthy-looking wood and the dead-looking mushroom suggested it wouldn’t glow.