As the Phoenix lifts its wings in attempt to fly it bursts into flames and it engulfs itself as the fungus quickly decomposes, it leaves nothing behind ...but its own ashes...the millions of mushroom spores, and the hair-like mycelia attached to the roots of the tree that grow underground. and as the cycle continues as mushroom spores serve as the seed of the mushroom, seemingly planting itself in the same location over and over. 