It's not just this fungal battle -- my friend, the fire ecologist, explains how fire has existed pretty much since plant life, and therefore plants evolve strategies for handling fire.
Some trees, like pines, make flammable sap to induce fire, and then only grow once a fire has happened -- the ecological niche having been cleared out.
Some trees, like oaks, hate fire, and so mat the forest floor with fire suppressing leaves.
It's not just this fungal battle -- my friend, the fire ecologist, explains how fire has existed pretty much since plant life, and therefore plants evolve strategies for handling fire.
Some trees, like pines, make flammable sap to induce fire, and then only grow once a fire has happened -- the ecological niche having been cleared out.
Some trees, like oaks, hate fire, and so mat the forest floor with fire suppressing leaves.