Undead Tree Stump Is Being Kept Alive by Neighboring Trees

Gizmondo ^ | 25 july 2019 | George Dvorsky

[DUMBGRUNT]

I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast;

A tree that looks at God all day, And lifts her leafy arms to pray;

A tree that may in Summer wear A nest of robins in her hair;

Upon whose bosom snow has lain; Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me, But only God can make a tree.

[Fiddlstix]

I've always liked that poem

[Blueflag]

Heh. Try to kill a tulip poplar by cutting it down to a stump. Itll grow back, trust me ...

Liriodendron tulipifera

[Rurudyne]

IIRC there’s a stand of Aspen in the North West that is, as a single organism, among the oldest living things on earth.

[DannyTN]

But enough about Hillary.

[Spok]

I thought this was a story about Pelosi.

[SpaceBar]

Quaking aspen groves are known to be amongst the largest single organisms on the planet.

[Fungi]

More than a few mycorrhizal fungi also had a part in keeping it alive.

[Fungi]

“Strange but True: The Largest Organism on Earth Is a Fungus”
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/strange-but-true-largest-organism-is-fungus/

[dainbramaged]

Here in the Puget Sound region I have seen several Douglas Fir stumps where the bark has grown over the cut completely. It’s usually right next to a living tree, but not always.

[Does so]

Do mushrooms grow other mushrooms?

[Grimmy]

So, the long dreaded Zombie Apocalypse is going to be... trees?

[fruser1]

A similar thing is going on with Hitler’s brain.

When the time comes, Bill and Hillary’s head will be added to the pod.

[dfwgator]

[dp0622]

Why the hell doesn’t the tree just die?

I do not care. I cannot lie.

Maybe that’s because unlike the tree.

There is nobody out there supporting me.

:)

[LesbianThespianGymnasticMidget]

That is why a chainsaw is the weapon of choice in the zombie apocalypse

[Fungi]

Yes. Many mushrooms are parasitic on other mushrooms. Hypomyces lactifluorum. Boletus parasiticus parasitizes the earthball Scleroderma citrinum. There are even Penicillium species parasitic on other Penicillium species!

[catnipman]

“IIRC there’s a stand of Aspen in the North West that is, as a single organism, among the oldest living things on earth.”

and the largest ...

[central_va]

I really really, don’t care.

[twister881]

I know quite a few humans who identify as tree stumps.