This is a fungus. A kind of fungus.

那是个真菌，一种菌类。

Partnering with these roots are symbiotic fungi called mycorrhizae.

与这些根结成伙伴的是称为菌根的共生真菌。

But is climate change affecting these fungi?

但气候变化是否会影响蘑菇的生存呢？

Oh, the trees provide the fungus with sugar.

树木为真菌提供糖分。

That's because mold is a fungus like mushrooms.

这是因为霉菌是像蘑菇一样的真菌。

This includes your fungi and your plants and your animals.

这包括真菌，植物和动物。

Masopora resembles the fungus in the game a little bit.

Masopora 有点像游戏中的真菌。

You tell me about your foot fungus, but this is a secret?

你得了脚气都告诉我，但是这件事你跟我保密?

Some tropical termites use cultivated fungi to predigest food rather than microorganisms.

一些热带白蚁使用培养的真菌来预先消化食物，而不是微生物。

There is even fungus discovered in Malaysia in 2011 named after him!

2011年马来西亚发现了一种真菌，就是以它的名字命名的！

So what social insect has that enables the fungus to hijack their brain?

那么，社会性昆虫有什么特质，导致真菌能劫持它们的大脑？

Mycorrhizae are these long threadlike fungi that connect to the roots of plants.

根菌是长线状真菌，与植物根部相连。

And not only do these spores help seed baby fungi, they also help seed clouds.

小孢子们不仅能帮助真菌播种，而且也能帮助形成云。

The first thing we found was that inequality encouraged the fungus to trade more.

我们发现的第一件事是不平等会鼓励真菌交易更多。

But his colleagues have figured out how to map the fungi in their roots.

但他的同事已经找到了绘制树根真菌地图的方法。

Because, as it turns out, they are in fact mapping these nearly invisible underground fungi.

因为如结果证明的，事实上他们正在了解这些几乎看不见的地下真菌。

I'll show you my favorite watering holes. I turn brown when the fungus in my fur dries.

我带你们去我的宝地, 我毛里的真菌干死后我会变成棕色。

They're called mycorrhizal fungi and these fungi live in and around the roots of trees and other plants.

它们被称为菌根真菌，这些真菌生活在树木和其他植物的根部及其周围。

Hoppers are more sensitive to pesticides that are less harmful to the environment, including those that contain a fungus.

跳虫对那些对环境有较小危害的杀虫剂很敏感，包括那些含有真菌的杀虫剂。

For instance, there's a fungus that grows on the fur of sloths that could help treat some forms of cancer.

例如，有一种在树懒毛发上生长的真菌可以帮助治疗某些形式的癌症。