Stats

Lifespan: A few days
Size: Medium
Diet: Decomposer
Biome: Temperate grassland
Range: Worldwide
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Spores
Defense: Toxins
Status: Uncommon

About

This mushroom grows in clusters on sun-drenched patches of herbivore dung. Its gills release jet-black spores that turn the entire cap dark as it matures.

Life cycle

1.
spore
A microscopic spore drifts on air or water and germinates where moisture and substrate meet.
2.
mycelium
A thread-like mycelium spreads through the substrate, breaking it down into nutrients.
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: Galeropsidaceae
Genus: Panaeolus
Species: Panaeolus antillarum