Cn eminyakeni yamuva nje, ucwaningo oluningi selukhombisile ukuba khona kwenethiwekhi phakathi kwezitshalo, ezibizwa nge- "Wood Wide Web" nangendlela abakhulumisana ngayo, ngokwesibonelo ngokuxwayisa ngobunye ngengozi ngesiginali kagesi. Ukuze wenze lokhu, izimbali zisebenzisa lokho okubizwa ngokuthi yinethiwekhi ye-mycorrhizal, okungukuthi ukusho kololoni yi-mycenaean filaments of fungi, izimpande zesitshalo.
Ngakho-ke, ngenxa yale nethiwekhi engaphansi komhlaba, isayensi yayisivele ikhombisile ukuthi izihlahla zingagcina izingcindezi zakudala zontanga yazo ezihlatshwe amakhulu eminyaka, zibanikeze isisombululo sikashukela ngezimpande zabo. Kepha manje, ucwaningo olusha lubonakala lukhombisa ukuthi lobu budlelwano bukhulu kakhulu phakathi kwezihlahla.