Post-fire morel (Morchella) mushroom abundance, spatial structure, and harvest sustainability

•Morels are globally distributed, socially and economically important mushrooms.•Some morel species fruit prolifically in the first year after fire.•We surveyed morels in n=1119 contiguous plots the first year after the Rim Fire.•Morels were spatially autocorrelated at scales

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Published in:Forest ecology and management 2016-10, Vol.377, p.16-25
Main Authors: Larson, Andrew J., Cansler, C. Alina, Cowdery, Seth G., Hiebert, Sienna, Furniss, Tucker J., Swanson, Mark E., Lutz, James A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Mixed-severity fire
Morchella
Non-timber forest products
Rim Fire
Sierra Nevada
Wildcrafting
Yosemite Forest Dynamics Plot
Yosemite National Park
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Summary:•Morels are globally distributed, socially and economically important mushrooms.•Some morel species fruit prolifically in the first year after fire.•We surveyed morels in n=1119 contiguous plots the first year after the Rim Fire.•Morels were spatially autocorrelated at scales
ISSN:0378-1127
1872-7042
DOI:10.1016/j.foreco.2016.06.038