Twelve hours after infection, the host breaks out in a brown rash. Eighteen hours later, the person explodes into 1d6 flying fungus clouds. Exploding invariably kills the host. Meddose II or a Heal spell cast with twenty times the normal number of magic points will cure the infection if administered within three hours of the rash's appearance. Flying fungus have no effect on robots, and cyborgs might survive the cloud unaided depending on which parts of them are mechanical.
Most weapons have no effect on flying fungus, but the spore cloud is flammable.
One burst with a flamethrower or a hand grenade will eliminate a flying fungus. These oversize mauve-skinned humanoids have heavy claws and short tempers. 3d6 or 3d6 x 10 Vicious and heavily armored, killer centipedes infest nuclear blast craters as well as areas with high background magic. See p. 195 for swarm attack information. This small, horn-headed humanoid always moves at a dead run, waving a knife or sharp stick in one hand and shouting incomprehensible gibberish.