Gerronema viridilucens

Fungusstrong against amphibians, reptiles

Rare

Mycelium

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

Gerronema viridilucens

Photo: © Denis Zabin (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

Gerronema viridilucens is a species of agaric fungus in the family Porotheleaceae. Found in South America, the mycelium and fruit bodies of the fungus are bioluminescent.

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

Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Rare.

Observations: 17 on iNaturalist

Wikipedia iNaturalist

Where its stats come from130 points, the Rare budget

Every Rare card has 130 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:

HP 48
ATK 44
DEF 38

How they’re shared out:

Type: Fungus: HP 36, ATK 34 and DEF 30 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 17 observations on iNaturalist: too few for extra HP.
Variation: A fixed variation, unique to the species, of up to 5% on each stat.