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The article states that a form of intelligence (without brain or neurons) emerges from fungi networks: "Forests, grasslands and woodlands are not landscapes of individual trees competing with one another for survival. They are interconnected ecosystems that have formed over millions of years and their participants are able to negotiate, cooperate, trade, steal and compromise – all in the absence of a brain. Fungi connect them all." "Fungi have a series of nerve nets throughout the mycelia via which chemicals can travel, similar to our neural transmitters. These chemical signals trigger responses that are programmed into their DNA, a type of intelligence that, in many cases, rivals the human brain in its degree of intricacy, complexity and connections." "Mycorrhizal networks are structured the same way as neural networks in the brain" "Oldest and largest trees have the most mycorrhizal connections. They are social creatures that support the rest of the network by feeding seedlings and injured or shaded trees, warning others of attacks and transferring their nutrients to neighbouring plants before dying."