enhancing fungi development after fire
claude selitrennikoff
claudes at essex.hsc.colorado.edu
Sun Aug 25 10:48:28 EST 1996
I don't believe you that the area will no longer support native
vegitation. Did the fire change the soil so much?
Although I am a novice in this area, since I only had a few classes that
included information on the ecology of fungi, I will venture on what I
know from my experience: Although I have seen molds growing all over
burnt-out houses (like Neurospora), most mushrooms need some decomposing
matter (or living matter) to live off of. I figure that this means they
will be OK if the fire was cool enough to leave the underground matter,
but if the fire was very hot it would sterilize the soil. I just read a
bit about this in the last issue of Natl. Geographic. But as far as
starting new fungi: why don't you contact one of your local mushroom
farmers (like Monterrey Mushrooms) who are experts on what kinds of
composts to mix?
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