Calvatia
Fungi
COMMON
Stats
- Lifespan
- A few weeks
- Size
- Large
- Diet
- Decomposer
- Biome
- Temperate grassland
- Range
- Worldwide
- Movement
- Sessile
- Breeding
- Spores
- Defense
- Toxins
- Status
- Common
About
This round fungus grows in grassy fields and forest clearings. A single mature specimen releases seven trillion spores into the air when ruptured.
Life cycle
- 1.sporeA microscopic spore drifts on air or water and germinates where moisture and substrate meet.
- 2.myceliumA thread-like mycelium spreads through the substrate, breaking it down into nutrients.
- 3.fruiting bodyA 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
- Lycoperdaceae
- Genus
- Calvatia