In kitchens around the world, truffles represent culinary excellence and prestige, but in the forest they’re just another flora fighting to exist, using somewhat…unusual methods. In the lush woodland of the Pacific Northwest, these modest mushrooms’ adaptation strategies are promoting not only their own survival, but that of their forest ecosystem at large.
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This is Season 1, Episode 11 of Untold Earth: From PBS NATURE and Atlas Obscura, Untold Earth is a documentary series dedicated to unpacking the stories behind the strangest, most unique natural wonders.