Lots of seeds this year from oaks or beeches? Then fewer mushrooms could be expected. The article explains more.
Authors: Talia J. Michaud, Ian S. Pearse, Håvard Kauserud, Carrie J. Andrew, Peter G. Kennedy
Mast seeding and fungal sporocarp production
The results of a new publication, Mast seeding in European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) is associated with reduced fungal sporocarp production and community diversity in Ecology Letters (doi.org/10.1111/ele.14460), produces "a novel hypothesis that mast seeding limits annual resource availability and reproductive investment in soil fungi."
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