Here's my situation:
Your neighbor is pulling up mushrooms that are growing in his lawn. He tells you that he heard mushrooms won't come back if they are quickly removed. What would you tell him?
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I know that the underside of the cap(of a mushroom) contains basidia that produce basidiopores. Wind disperses mature spores... so I don't know exactly what I'd tell him. Since a single mushroom can contain hundreds of thousands of spores, it makes sense that it makes no difference how soon you pull it, they are going to spread. At the same time, if you pull it quickly maybe they won't spread? I'm confused, obviously. Your help is greatly appreciated.
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