Xylaria cornu-damae
Fungi
RARE
Stats
- Lifespan
- A few months
- Size
- Small
- Diet
- Decomposer
- Biome
- Temperate forest
- Range
- North America
- Movement
- Sessile
- Breeding
- Spores
- Defense
- Toxins
- Status
- Rare
About
This fungus grows in clusters on decaying wood in damp, shaded forest floors. It produces branching, antler-like stalks that release black spores from tiny pits.
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
- Ascomycota
- Class
- Sordariomycetes
- Order
- Xylariales
- Family
- Xylariaceae
- Genus
- Xylaria
- Species
- Xylaria cornu-damae