Stats

Lifespan

A few months

Size

Medium

Diet

Decomposer

Biome

Temperate forest

Range

Northern Hemisphere

Movement

Sessile

Breeding

Spores

Defense

Toxins

Status

Uncommon

About

A shelf-like bracket fungus that grows on dead and dying hardwood trees, forming soft, moist brown caps that ooze a sticky, resin-like droplet when young and fresh.

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

Ischnodermataceae

Genus

Ischnoderma

Species

Ischnoderma resinosum