Spring Mold

A dangerous type of slime mold, neither Beast nor Monster, found in cool, dark, damp places throughout Gaea, this slow-moving but opportunistic ambush predator has felled many an unfortunate Adventurer. 
This organism forms large, yellowish green colonies in moist soil, under debris, guano, grime, and in porous or cracked stone, where it avoids direct sunlight. Creeping through and under this cover, its rubbery texture imparts an unusual "springiness" to the ground. This is one of the few indicators of danger presented by the mold besides the crushed, broken remains of its past victims' indigestible possessions. Their bones are often ground to indistinguishable fragments by the organism's hunting and self-defense mechanism. 
When a creature treads on terrain infested with Spring Mold, the colony tracks the movement until it passess close enough to a large or dense object the mold has adhered to. The mold then grows and shifts explosively, slamming the object or objects into the victim, rapidly pummeling them to death. The slime mold then slowly absorbs the victim, digesting their remains and shifting such debris away from its trap. Spring Mold has been known to use everything from fallen logs and tree branches to loose stones to weapons and armor from previous prey to flagstones that it can even reset properly after use. 
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