Species: Mindshroom

Family: Plant

Risk level: Low

Weaknesses: Fire, Other infections

Description: This is a subspecies of muchrooms specialized on controling its victims to do its binding. They exist in two different forms, one of them is passive and the other is active. The passive ones are almost indistinguishable from normal muchrooms that can be found anywhere in the forest. The only difference is that they do not expand using mycelium and grow only the buds of this monster.

They only react to near creatures, by spreading its seed into the air in hope it infects something. When it manages to do so, it then creates a in the organizm the instance of active unit. The main job of active ones is to spread through the nervous system of the animal or human it infected to take a hold of the brain and control every action of the victim. They slowly replace parts of the brain with their own, which overtime reflects on the surface of the skull, by growing more mushrooms on it to spread even further. They have an innane instinct to search for humid areas to lay down and decompose the body for nurishments for the plant.

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Thankfully, to infect anything, the victim must inhale a massive amounts of spores to override the immune system, so their main hosts are usually small rodents and insects. It also reacts badly to other kinds of infections already inside of the body, so it cannot control already sick victims. If you spot any mushroom that grows in unlikely areas, or you have seen any Mindshroom infected animals it should be reported to any hunting organization near you.

Personal notes: "The biggest question about them is why they also don't spread via normal means. If only they would do they their spreadind capability would skyrocket. Maybe the amount of changes that can occur during the corruption are limited depending on the species? For now this is the only theory on this subject, but it seems most likely to be the case." John Fazer, member of Vault of Knowledge