Mushroom+life+cycle

Overview of the cycle
 * 1) The spore germinate and mate
 * 2) Grow to fully colonize available nutritive substrate
 * 3) Focus and make pins
 * 4) Pins grow into caps, mature release spores and dies.

Here is a video that show the cycle and details of the steps of germination, mating, colonization, head and spore formation, focusing on King Stropharia (in french) :
 * CYCLE DE DÉVELOPPEMENT D'UN BASIDIOMYCÈTE (STROPHARIA SEMIGLOBATA - AGARICALES)