Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Medium

Diet

Decomposer

Biome

Temperate grassland

Range

Worldwide

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Spores

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Common

About

The meadow mushroom grows in grassy fields and pastures across temperate zones. Its gills shift from pink to chocolate brown as it releases millions of microscopic spores.

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

Species

Agaricus campestris