I think you got something backwards
Fungus page
When times are good they send up fruiting bodies which are the "mushrooms"
When times are good the mycelium will grow indefinitely. When there is a threatening event (such as temperature drop) or food runs out it will then fruit to produce spores to ensure survival.
Writing as someone who has researched and grown them fore years. Of course, there are those subtypes that will fruit easily, so we may not notice the particular trigger, but they are not the norm.
When times are good they send up fruiting bodies which are the "mushrooms"
When times are good the mycelium will grow indefinitely. When there is a threatening event (such as temperature drop) or food runs out it will then fruit to produce spores to ensure survival.
Writing as someone who has researched and grown them fore years. Of course, there are those subtypes that will fruit easily, so we may not notice the particular trigger, but they are not the norm.
