Cupungi

Cupungi
Creator	ZoologicalBotanist
Information
Status	Extant
Common Name(s)	Cupungi
Zones	31
Roles	Decomposer
Classification
Genus	Cylixboletus
Species	Cylixboletus orangii
Evolution
Date	March 1st, 2019
Ancestor	Unknown
Descendants	Ocean Cupungi

2 millimeters tall, 3 millimeters wide (fruiting body)
Reproduces using mycelial spreading and small spherical spores
Derives sustenance from decomposing organic matter
The cupungi, so named for its distinctive bowl shaped fruiting body, is a decomposing species that primarily exists as mycelia in the riverbed of zone 31. Whenever it has enough nutrients, a small, orange colored, bowl-shaped fruiting body will grow, which then releases hundreds of zoospores into the water from special slits on the underside of the bowl. These zoospores will use their flagella to swim away from the fruiting body, after which they will settle down in the riverbed and modify their flagella to act as mycelia. After it releases spores, the cupungi's fruiting body dies and is disconnected from the mycelia.