why do mushrooms grow their gills and spores on the underside of the fruit body? Isn’t it better to grow it on top so that air and passing animals can carry it?

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Edit: Why do **some** mushrooms…

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Answer 1

Mushrooms/ Fungi ‘eat’ decaying matter – especially fallen trees – dead shrubs – leaf litter the spores are falling on a rich food source. But they are small and the wind also blow them to nearby dead matter or either far away food sources –