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Monitoring success of restoring native fungi
SUCCESS = healthy,
The goals of efforts to encourage native fungi back into revegetation (click here for that topic) are primarily long-term and there are not likely to be obvious signs or differences in revegetation with or without native fungi. The presence of fungi is not easily measured as they are out of sight except when they fruit, and the jobs they do which contribute to landscape health occur mainly out of sight. Over a number of years, you may begin to see more fruit bodies of native fungi in your revegetation that resemble those in natural woodlands. However, the success of re-introducing native fungi ought not only be measured in terms of how many different types of native fungi have returned. The activities of any successfully restored native fungi will contribute to a gradual shift from a soil environment that is alien to native fungi to one which may encourage self-colonization of other native fungi from remnant natural woodlands nearby. This will accompany restoration of healthy soil processes.
Ultimately, the success of re-introducing native fungi into revegetation can be best judged over many years into the future.
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