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Re:Fungi and bacteria are binging on burned soil by chasil on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @04:25PM (#34715416)
But controlled burns and fires that otherwise do not cause complete incineration of the symbiotic trees/plants would not result in the death of the fungi. However, with the ground cleared, the spores would travel further.

There are also fire-dependent plants that are reproduction-adapted for these conditions.

"Some cones, such as those of lodgepole pine and sequoia, are pyriscent, as well as many chaparral shrubs, meaning they require heat from fire to open cones to disperse seeds."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controlled_burn

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Re:Fungi and bacteria are binging on burned soil by empyrrhicist on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @05:21PM (#34716302)
Yes, it's an adaptation for a particular ecosystem.
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Re:Fungi and bacteria are binging on burned soil by culi on Wednesday February 08, 2023 @09:44PM (#34719123)
Most california sages also require the presence of ashes to germinate. It's quite common amongst flora in the California chaparral. In large part due to thousands of years of ecosystem management with controlled burns by native Californians. In a lot of ways California is a manufactured landscape (though even Amazonia has been labelled as manufactured[0] so it's not all that surprising)

[0] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259126195_Dark_eart...

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