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Hydnellum compactum
Hydnellum compactum
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).
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Wikapialpha version
Hydnellum compactum
Hydnellum compactum
Fungusstrong against amphibians, reptiles
Rare
While active with another fungus in play, it regains 5 HP at the start of your turn (8 with two others).
Hydnellum compactum
Photo: © Gerhard Koller (Gerhard) (original photo) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (licence text) · cropped
Strong against: it deals 20% more damage to them. Weak against: these types deal 20% more damage to it.
Hydnellum compactum is a rare tooth fungus in the family Bankeraceae. It is characterised by its astringent taste, yellowish flesh. It is found in Europe, where it grows in deciduous forest, typically under beech. Fruit bodies of the fungus grow singly or in groups.
They are top-shaped, with convex or flattened upper surfaces up to 10 cm (4 in) in diameter. The surface texture is initially felt-like before becoming pitted and rough in age. The stipe, roughly the same color as the cap, is solid and measures 2–4 cm (0.8–1.6 in) long by 1–3 cm (0.4–1.2 in) thick. On the fertile cap underside (the hymenium), there are white to purple-brown, curved spines up to 5 mm long. The color is whitish at first but gradually turns dark brown to blackish. The spores measure 5.5–6 by 3.5–4.5 μm, and feature tubercles that sometimes have a sunken tip.
Hydnellum compactum is ectomycorrhizal with Sessile Oak (Quercus petraea), Common Oak (Q. robur) and Beech (Fagus sylvatica) as well as Sweet Chestnut (Castanea sativa) occasionally. It prefers in nutrient poor, dry to moist, loamy and sandy soils, and sunny, mosaic, old-growth forests.
Abridged excerpt from the Wikipedia article Hydnellum compactum, by its authors, under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List: that’s what makes this card Rare.
Every Rare card has 130 points, shared between HP, ATK and DEF:
How they’re shared out:
DEF 40