Stats

Lifespan

Up to 30 yrs

Size

Large

Diet

Decomposer

Biome

Temperate forest

Range

Northern Hemisphere

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Spores

Defense

Armor

Status

Uncommon

About

The Tinder Polypore is a bracket fungus that grows on decaying hardwood trees. It releases over thirty billion spores from its underside during a single shedding cycle.

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

Fomes

Species

Fomes excavatus