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I mean, it’s a decent survival strategy for the mushroom, especially depending on where the animal dies.
Imagine that boost of nutrients
Apex predator mushrooms.
A decent survival strategy would be to be poisonous and recognizably colored. If you look like any other mushroom, it's just revenge-poisoning. Possibly with the side effect of animals not eating any mushrooms, but that doesn't sound like something that's in a given mushroom species' interest.
Sneaky death mushrooms get to break down the body, potentially
Incredibly poisonous, food-colored, and with spores that can survive/germinate in a digestive tract.
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