Mushrooms And Global Warming

by Elio
 

The Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria) now fruits later in the year. Detail of painting by Phillipp Ferdinand de Hamil­ton, Flem­ish, 1664–1750

Global warming may have a silver lining, at least for those who enjoy wild mushrooms (for example, the writer of this blog).
 

According to an article in Science, in the last 50 years ma­ny British mushrooms have doubled the length of their fruiting season, mirroring the rise in local temperature. The authors surveyed 315 species and found that some even fruit twice a year now. This is good news for lovers of wild mushrooms, but is also of interest to ecologically-minded people in general. The emergence of mush­rooms may well indicate an increase in the activity of their mycelial filaments, the vegetative part of the fungus living in the soil and in dead trees. These fungal filaments carry out most of the recycling of vegetable matter on this planet. But before we mushroomers embrace global warming, let us consider the price to be paid for its other likely consequences.
 

 

 

 

Comments

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To deal with global warming, the government needs to immediately plant more trees, and stop cutting them down. It is a major problem they need to deal with. The importance of trees has been understated by "scientists" that truly dont understand the relevance of trees. Dont criticize the importance of the concept until you know all the facts. On top of deforestation, we are polluting the environment. Another contributing factor is modern day energy systems rely on explosion rather than implosion, and this generates heat. Every systems need to be more efficient and work on implosion, so they stay cool. The non-profit energy research organization at http://www.universalsymbiosis.org is active in these areas which will help reverse effects of global warming. I suggest everyone also read "Living Energies" by Callum Coats which explains the work of Victor Schauberger and the importance of trees to our planet. Dont rely on information from the authorities as their advisors dont fully understand the life cycle of the planet. We need to push the authorities to develop forest management and sustainability plans, and this will solve at least part of the problem.