Stats

Lifespan: A few weeks
Size: Medium
Diet: Decomposer
Biome: Coniferous forest
Range: North America
Movement: Sessile
Breeding: Spores
Defense: Toxins
Status: Rare

About

This yellow mushroom grows in dense, overlapping clusters on rotting conifer logs. It secretes a thick, slimy gel that traps passing insects to provide extra nutrients.

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: Strophariaceae
Genus: Pholiota
Species: Pholiota limonella