Mycorrhiza Mini

Mycorrhiza in Nature
Mycorrhiza is a Greek word for fungus roots. It refers to one of the most exciting and most ancient connections in nature. The tiny rootlets of fungi (called hyphae) can efficiently gather nutrients and water from the soil, and transfer it to the plants’ roots. In exchange, they use some of the sugars that the plants make in their leaves. Plants with fungi helpers are healthier and develop better. Mycorrhiza has been around on Earth for more than 400 million years. Mycorrhiza can form huge networks between plants, sometimes called the Wood Wide Web. Plants can use this network for sharing resources, and communication.

How to play
Players take turns placing their mushrooms on the board, then moving them to adjacent vacant points (plants). The winner is the first player to form a network by putting their mushrooms on plants connected with the same color.
Variation: Mushrooms can “spread spores” and move to any vacant point on the board, not just an adjacent one.