Species Cards

Toadstool

Group:

Fungus

This fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) is a typical toadstool. Erica Bower

© Erica Bower

This fly agaric (Amanita muscaria) is a typical toadstool

Food chain :

Decomposer

What it eats :

Decaying wood and other dead plant matter.

Eaten by:

Slugs, squirrels, fungus gnats

Habitat:

Woodland; Dead Wood; Wildflower grasslandWoodland; Dead Wood; Wildflower grassland

Description:

The word 'toadstool' doesn't have a true biological meaning. It is usually used for a mushroom-shaped fungus that is poisonous.


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