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{{Species
|name = Dendroshrooms
|week = 27
|generation = 167
|creator = Disgustedorite
|image = Dendroshrooms.png
|ancestor = Woodyshroom
|habitat = [[Wallace]], [[Kosemen]]
|size = 1-10 meters tall
|support = Woody Stalk (Cellulose)
|diet = Detritivore (Decaying Flora and occasionally Fauna), Symbiotic Photosynthesis ([[Kyanoses]], [[Flashcells]], [[Crocusisms]])
|thermoregulation = Ectotherm
|reproduction = Sexual (Haploid Male and Diploid Female, Gamete-Bearing Achenes)
|parent = Fungilignaceae
|genus = Fungidendron
|species = spp
}}
The '''dendroshrooms''' split from their ancestor and grew in size, becoming some of the largest decomposers in the region. Their underground roots creep through the soil to find major sources of nutrition, finding their way into fallen trees and even into carcasses, releasing digestive enzymes to break it down into forms that can be absorbed, and funneling the nutrients back to the main body. Dendroshrooms can outpace [[Crystal Flora|crystal flora]] to new sources of food, due to cellulose being faster to grow than chitin, but that along with their non-colonial nature and hardy above-ground portions also makes them less ravenous, so the two types of decomposer easily coexist. Dendroshrooms usually grow in dips in the ground where water and detritus collects enough to feed a young dendroshroom. Their great size can be attributed to their use of cellulose and the aid of photosynthetic symbiotes especially early in life.
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