caught part of a doc on PBS about life on earth and how these two teamed up to leave the sea. Was no soil. they created it. This page is a search for the subject. Some people don’t like mushrooms 🍄 https://www.google.com/search?q=plant<->fungi+symbiosis
Check out Fantastic Fungi as well. I believe they touched on this subject too. Not to mention, the camera work was phenomenal. (I got to see some of the early time lapse footage as my brother contributed to that film.)
The way fungi has developed over the last 650 million years is crazy and it’s super interesting. It is, by far, one of the most resilient forms of life on earth. Also, even though there has been a lot of research, we are only starting to scratch the surface about the importance of fungi in our daily lives.
While I started growing magic mushrooms for fun, I have started digging deeper into mycology in its entirety and it is a super fascinating subject.
Do a broad search on Lemmy (or scour my profile) for most of the budding mycology communities if you are interested. They are slow for now, but there are plenty of lurkers that will answer questions or chat if prompted.