Golden-gilled Waxy Cap

Hygrocybe flavifolia

Fungusstrong against amphibians, reptiles

Epic

Mycelium

While active with another fungus in play, it regains 5 HP at the start of your turn (8 with two others).

Hygrocybe flavifolia

Photo: © Daniel Levitis (original photo) · CC BY 4.0 (licence text) · cropped

In battle

Strong against

Amphibians
Reptiles

Weak against

Mammals
Insects

Strong against: it deals 20% more damage to them. Weak against: these types deal 20% more damage to it.

The species

Hygrocybe flavifolia is a mushroom of the waxcap genus Hygrocybe. Found in North America, it was described as new to science by Alexander H. Smith and Lexemuel Ray Hesler in 1942 as a species of Hygrophorus. Rolf Singer transferred it to Hygrocybe in 1945.

Excerpt from the Wikipedia article Hygrocybe flavifolia, by its authors, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

Endangered on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Epic.

Observations: 90 on iNaturalist

Wikipedia iNaturalist

Where its stats come from145 points, the Epic budget

Every Epic card has 145 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:

HP 52
ATK 49
DEF 44

How they’re shared out:

Type: Fungus: HP 36, ATK 34 and DEF 30 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 90 observations on iNaturalist: too few for extra HP.