Stats

Lifespan

Perennial

Size

Medium

Diet

Decomposer

Biome

Temperate forest

Range

North America

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Spores

Defense

Camouflage

Status

Rare

About

The Corrugated Bolete is a forest fungus that grows in the soil of North America. Its cap surface develops deep, wrinkled ridges that trap moisture to nourish the mycelium.

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

Boletales

Family

Boletaceae

Genus

Hemileccinum

Species

Hemileccinum hortonii