Common Gold-dust

Chrysothrix xanthina

Fungusstrong against amphibians, reptiles

Common

Mycelium

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

Chrysothrix xanthina

Photo: Peter de Lange (original photo) · CC0 (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

Chrysothrix xanthina is a widely distributed species of leprose lichen in the family Chrysotrichaceae. It has a bright yellow to bright greenish-yellow, thin, granular thallus, and typically grows on bark, although it is infrequently found growing on rock.

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

No global status on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Common.

Observations: 3,657 on iNaturalist

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Where its stats come from100 points, the Common budget

Every Common card has 100 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:

HP 39
ATK 32
DEF 29

How they’re shared out:

Type: Fungus: HP 36, ATK 34 and DEF 30 out of 100 to start.
Popularity: 3,657 observations on iNaturalist: the better known a species is, the more HP it has.