> How would the dung fertilize the soil if the beetles ate all the dung?
>From dung to fertilizer is a multistage process, with microorgainsms
doing
the final stages. It's just beetles along the way.
> Also,
> if the dung did fertilize the soil, thats all the mushrooms need to grow
> from.
P Cubensis and the like do not live in soil. Manure, sterilized grains
do
support them. I think that it is cuz the organisms found in the soil
differ
from those in dung.
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