Your mention of mycorrhizal association reminded me of this, did you know trees talk to each other? I suppose fungi probably do too.
growling on a broken and slowly decomposing branch of a cork tree
Ok I know you meant to write "growing" but the mental image of a mushroom sitting there on the side of a tree growling at me, really cracked me up :)
Of course they do!
And they don't like Orcs.
Hahaha crap!
I am so tempted not to correct it though 😂