>>2450218>In clear areas the fungi are more isolated and might spawn asexually. This is why you might find one or two by themselves sometimes and other times a bunch in clusters.and can you elaborate on why others speculate this is true? i would assume the opposite, that areas with minimal brush are less isolated as the spores can blow all around and the myc networks formed have more dominance and control over what can grow. it's the mycorhizzal species in particular which I know are responsible for killing off competitor plants and organisms (in order to allocate more resources to 'hosts' plants), so my dummy theory was that areas with excess brush indicate areas that aren't mycologically active enough to be effectively 'policed' by these species, or even other non-mycorhizzal species.
but on the contrary my intuition would tell me that these brushy areas are more most, having favorable microclimates close to the ground where fruiting bodies form, so I'm not sure what to believe.
on the flipside, brushy areas (somewhat) imply the area has terrain that allows sunlight to penetrate low, so either the ground is dry from this or the trees are too immature to have established myc connections.
sorry for rambling, just barfing out my uneducated gut instincts on it.
