Planetary Ecologist<p>Desert fungi (Deserts 🏜️)</p><p>The desert fungi are a variety of terricolous fungi inhabiting the biological soil crust of arid regions. Those exposed to the sun typically contain melanin and are resistant to high temperatures, dryness and low nutrition. Species that are common elsewhere do not thrive in these conditions. Producing large dark unicellular spores also helps survival. Sexually reproducing ascomycet...</p><p><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_fungi" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_f</span><span class="invisible">ungi</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DesertFungi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DesertFungi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Deserts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Deserts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FungiByAdaptation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FungiByAdaptation</span></a></p>