Stats

Lifespan

A few weeks

Size

Small

Diet

Decomposer

Biome

Temperate grassland

Range

Worldwide

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Spores

Defense

Toxins

Status

Common

About

This fungus grows in grassy meadows and damp soil across the entire planet. It releases over one billion microscopic spores from its gills within a single day.

Life cycle

1. 1.
   spore

   A microscopic spore drifts on air or water and germinates where moisture and substrate meet.
2. 2.
   mycelium

   A thread-like mycelium spreads through the substrate, breaking it down into nutrients.
3. 3.
   fruiting body

   A mature fruiting body emerges to release the next generation of spores.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom

Fungi

Phylum

Basidiomycota

Class

Agaricomycetes

Order

Agaricales

Family

Agaricaceae

Genus

Agaricus