Stats

Lifespan: A few days
Size: Small
Diet: Decomposer
Biome: Temperate grassland
Range: Worldwide
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Spores
Defense: Toxins
Status: Common

About

The yellow fieldcap is a small, fragile mushroom whose cap starts out a vivid egg-yolk yellow and slimy, then fades to pale grey-brown as it flattens and dries — all within a single day. It pops up overnight on dung-enriched grass and compost, making it one of nature's most fleeting fungi.

Life cycle

1.
spore
A microscopic spore drifts on air or water and germinates where moisture and substrate meet.
2.
mycelium
A thread-like mycelium spreads through the substrate, breaking it down into nutrients.
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: Bolbitiaceae
Genus: Bolbitius
Species: Bolbitius titubans