Sporocarp

Sporocarp

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Registry ID: bioforge:sporocarp.

#Blocks The Sporocarp is a fruiting body that forms from a fully grown (stage 4) Fungal Microbial Mat. It acts as a spore dispersal structure - when exposed to sunlight, it bursts open and spreads new Microbial Mats in a radius around it. Sporocarps also periodically regenerate nearby Mats.

How it is created

• A Fungal Microbial Mat at growth stage 4 will attempt to transform into a Sporocarp if there is no other Sporocarp within 10 blocks (checked via hasNearbySporocarp).
• When it transforms, the Sporocarp block entity receives the same strain data as the parent Mat (pathogen type, colony ID, infection types, symptoms).
• The Mat block is replaced by the Sporocarp block.

Bursting (spore dispersal)

• When the Sporocarp receives a random tick and the sky light level at its position is ≥ 10 (i.e., exposed to sunlight), it triggers a burst.
• Burst effect:
  • Spawns 5‑10 new Microbial Mats within a 5‑block radius (in any direction, including vertical).
  • Each target position must be air and have a valid organic substrate below (tag bioforge:substrate/organic).
  • The new Mats are placed at growth stage 0 and linked to the same colony core.
• After bursting, the Sporocarp block is destroyed (does not drop itself).

Regeneration (periodic growth boost)

• The Sporocarp has an internal cooldown counter (regenCooldown) that increments every tick.
• Every 1200 ticks (60 seconds), if the Sporocarp is still alive and has a valid core, it triggers regeneration:
  • Scans all blocks within a 10‑block radius.
  • Finds any Microbial Mat belonging to the same colony (matching colony ID).
  • Increases the growth stage of those Mats by 1 (up to stage 4).
• This allows the Sporocarp to “nurture” nearby Mats, accelerating their development.

How to harvest / sample

• Right‑click the Sporocarp with a clean Swab → you obtain a contaminated swab with the Sporocarp’s strain (message: “Swab contaminated with sporocarp strain”).
• The Sporocarp is not consumed by swabbing - you can take multiple samples.

Death & removal

• If the Sporocarp is exposed to sunlight (sky light ≥ 10), it will burst and be destroyed (as described above).
• If the colony core is destroyed or the Sporocarp moves out of colony radius, it will eventually die (though the burst mechanic is the primary removal method).
• There is no Necrotic Patch stage for Sporocarps - they vanish in a puff of spores.

Pathogen restrictions

• Only Fungi can produce Sporocarps. The code explicitly checks pathogen == PathogenType.FUNGI before allowing the Mat → Sporocarp conversion.
• Other pathogens (Bacteria, Virus, etc.) will never form Sporocarps, even if their Mats reach stage 4.

Visual & text feedback

• Swabbing gives a chat message.
• Bursting creates a small explosion of new Mats (no sound effect is specified in the code, but the block is destroyed).