yaaaaay I'm finished Not much to explain except why there's dead grass by the mushroom stalk (get ready for science-). That's not because of sunlight (well, maybe a little, but not mostly)- in my brain it's because the mushroom is the fruiting body of a mycorrhizal fungi, and it's in a partnership with the nearby black walnut (you can see its leaves in the top left). Okay, you're probably thinking: one, what's a mycorrhizal fungi and how the heck is it in a partnership with a tree? This answers both questions- mycorrhizal fungi mostly consist of fungi that produce mushrooms (fruiting bodies), and their mycelia (root-like tendrils that make up the other half of the fungi) connect with plant roots. In return for protecting the tree from diseases and connecting it to other trees, they get sugar. Now that I have distracted you, back to the dead grass. Black walnuts are the most known trees that use juglone. Juglone is a compound that some trees release into the soil to kill other plants, decreasing the competition. Disclaimer: this next part is the only part I made up. In the drawing, I imagined that along with sugar, the black walnut gave the mushroom extra juglone, and instead of dying (cause fungi aren't plants), it in turn released juglone into the soil by it. Thank you for listening to my ted talk.
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