I always saw in people's posts that they often see mushrooms inside trees, but I have never seen mushrooms growing inside trees.
This was the first time I was in Apara Market when my eyes suddenly fell on a tree. From a distance, it seemed to me that there was a white layer on top of the tree. I was looking at the trees very carefully that day because the process of mushroom growth is very fast after rain. Actually, my eyes were looking for mushrooms.
I had read in my biology class that the coexistence of one species with another smaller species is called symbiosis, but I was confused about how to classify the symbiotic relationship between a mushroom and a tree. Is the tree benefiting from the growth of the mushroom, or is it just a parasite on the mushroom? This question prompted me to do some research.
Upon further research, I discovered that some mushrooms also grow so that they can decompose parts of the tree and obtain nutrients from it, much like parasites usually do.
The number of mushrooms from the root to the top of the tree was so great that I couldn't even imagine. I thought that if I had sat down to count these mushrooms, I could have spent the night there, but why would the thought of counting them ever occur to me?
The sheer number of mushrooms looked like insects walking in a single line.
I remember that when we used to see mushrooms as children, we used to call them the home of snakes and were very afraid of them. But at that time, I didn't know much about the importance of mushrooms, and some mushrooms are so important that they provide proteins and are also useful in food. But I am not sure whether these mushrooms are healthy for food or not maybe a nutritionist and mushroom expired could tell us!
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