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[doctoxic]

I have all sorts of fungi (and fungiwood??) growing near my farms.  Can i farm this?  Or should i get rid of it?  And if so how?

cheers

doc

[rhesusmacabre]

Once you breach the caverns, moss and fungus will start to grow on underground soil tiles and tiles that you have muddied with water. The "trees" can be cut down with a woodcutter and other plants can be gathered by a herbalist, the same as with surface plants.

If there are places you don't want them to grow, just build floors over the tiles in question.

[HiEv]

I have all sorts of fungi (and fungiwood??) growing near my farms.  Can i farm this?  Or should i get rid of it?  And if so how?

If it's a fully grown fungiwood "tree", then you can assign a woodcutter to chop it down for wood.

Other things that grow randomly can be collected using the "gather plants" job with your herbalists.

This is a handy way to get a hold of food, seeds, leaves, dyes, weaveable materials, and wood without having to farm them or go to the surface/caverns to get them.

Some people even dig out large portions of underground soil/sand layers to get these "wild" underground tree and plant farms.  And no, you don't need to muddy them with water first.  Just think of it as a farm that requires a bit less labor and gets you wood too, but may be less reliable in producing things as well.

Do remember that you may have to breach the caverns first before this stuff will start growing in your fortress.

[AutomataKittay]

Saplings will grow into tree after around a year or two of growing, shrubs can be gathered by plant gathering skills.

Yes you can farm it, there're even http://dwarffortresswiki.org/index.php/Tree_farm