how “Mushroom Grow Kits” only say they fruit once or twice on the box, but wild/cultivated mushrooms usually don’t stop.

Question

I’ve seen a mushroom grow kit from Back to the Roots. It says that the vacuum sealed bag is mycelium and you can follow instructions to get it to fruit once, maybe even a second time on the other side of the bag. Why does it imply that it stops there? I thought mycelium continues to spread and fruit periodically?

Thank you in advance for the insight!

Edit: Awesome explanations guys, thank you again

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Answer 1

Google ‘ mushroom fairy ring ‘ for in-the-wild examples of resource depletion. When mushrooms are growing it isn’t always evident where they used to be and where they’ll be next but when they’re in a clearing or on a lawn the propagation patterns become easier to see.