Tucson, the Sonoran Desert, and Desert Fungi
Fungi are probably not the first thing people associate with Tucson, which is part of why I find them so interesting here. This category looks at monsoons, desert soils, irrigation, mulch, Sky Islands, native ecology, and the ways fungi manage to live in places that seem too dry for them.
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Should You Remove Mushrooms From a Vegetable Garden in Tucson
Filed under: Tucson, the Sonoran Desert, and Desert Fungi
Generally, I would leave them. I have spent the last three years adding organic material to my backyard and trying to get something going in soil that started out looking pretty dead. A fungus making use of that material would not be my first concern. Whether the soil is doing well, or in the case…
