[waterTanuki]

The map looks off. No way the American Southwest has 3 meters per cm cubed of fungal density in such an arid region. Plenty of desert.

[reverius42]

Fungi survive in deserts: https://insideclimatenews.org/news/22062025/sonoran-desert-s...

[kakacik]

Well South Sudan as highlighted has 8, and thats basically a desert. Tibetan plateau is high altitude frozen desert with permafrost in many parts, and its 11.4.

Maybe there is more complexity than meets the first glance.

[NDlurker]

South Sudan isn't a desert. Tibet isn't all permafrost and glaciers.

[Schlagbohrer]

The underground in desert regions can be much more humid and hospitable than the surface.