Stats

Lifespan

Up to 1 yr

Size

Small

Diet

Decomposer

Biome

Temperate forest

Range

Worldwide

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Spores

Defense

Warning colors

Status

Uncommon

About

A bracket fungus that grows in bright orange-red shelf-like clusters on dead hardwood, breaking down the wood through white-rot decay. Its vivid cinnabar color makes it one of the most eye-catching polypores found on forest deadfall.

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

Polyporales

Family

Polyporaceae

Genus

Trametes

Species

Trametes cinnabarina