The soil of mushroom island

If you have ever watched Tintin:

Or played Minecraft:

Then you may have dreamed, as I have, of an ecosystem dominated by Fungal life.

As part of a Hard Sci-Fi RPG I'm running, I'd like one of the Continents of Quilon-3b to be dominated by Toadstool Trees and Fungal Flower Fields and Mushroom Marshes but I am not an ecologist, mycologist or anything else relevant to the idea.

What would the ground be like, what would you expect from the soil?

Notes:

I am not concerned with how this environment formed. Lack of evolutionary feasability is fine. The fauna will probably not be fungal in nature. I am imagining three main biomes for the continent, Forest-like, Marsh-like, and Meadow-like(But really creepy) but these are merely ideas and it is very much up-in the air at the moment. So if you throw into your question some greater environmental implications they would be greatly appreciated. Bonus points for any sources of energy or "Producers" thrown into the Ecosystem.

posted almost 7 years ago

Douglas‭

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