Stats

Lifespan

A few weeks

Size

Small

Diet

Decomposer

Biome

Temperate forest

Range

Northern Hemisphere

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Spores

Defense

Toxins

Status

Common

About

The sulphur tuft erupts in dense clusters from rotting stumps and buried roots, its bright yellow caps often stained rusty-brown at the centre. Despite their cheerful colour, all parts are poisonous — containing fasciculol toxins that cause severe gastrointestinal distress.

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

Agaricales

Family

Strophariaceae

Genus

Hypholoma

Species

Hypholoma fasciculare