Cordycep (DarthFrieza2042)

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Cordycep is a plant obtained in Dark Ages in Plants vs. Zombies 2.
Cordycep is a single-use plant, when Cordycep detects a zombie in an area near her, she will immediately charge toward that zombie, infecting the zombie in the process but the attack does not deal damage. Infected zombies when killed will have their bodies shrinking and disappearing and a random mushroom will spawn in their places. See the table below for the percentages.
Cordycep is also capable of being planted on a Spore-shroom. Spore-shroom with a Cordycep planted on will have its attack boosted as Spore-shroom's projectile now leaves a spore cloud upon hitting a zombie, dealing light but continuous damage to all zombies inside the spore cloud before disappearing after a few seconds. The boosted projectile is now capable of transforming zombies into random mushrooms when killed.
List of mushrooms
Plant	Chance to Spawn
 	75%
 	25%
==Origins==
Cordycep is based on the a genus of ascomycete fungi (sac fungi) that includes about 600 species also known as the cordyceps.
Cordycep's ability to infect zombies and transforms the hosts into random mushrooms is a reference to cordyceps' ability to infect ants and other insects in order to reproduce in real life.
==Almanac entry==
== Upgrades ==
=== Plant Food effect ===
Cordycep has two Plant Food functions:
* When given Plant Food, Cordycep deals 2400 damage per shot in 3x3 area, transforming all zombies in the vicinity into random mushrooms.
* When given Plant Food to Spore-shroom with a Cordycep, its giant projectiles now leave spore cloud in 3x3 area which will stay for 15 seconds.
== Gallery ==
File:CordycepHD.png|HD Cordycep
File:CordycepSporeshroom.png|HD Cordycep on a Spore-shroom
== Trivia ==
* Cordycep's face takes inspiration from Harmony in Splatoon series.
* Cordycep's Almanac entry references two things:
** The Black Death pandemic occurring in Western Eurasia and North Africa from 1346 to 1353, around 400 years after Dark Ages. The cause of Black Death pandemic was bacterium Yersinia pestis spread by fleas.
** The 2013 videogame The Last of Us which cordyceps being depicted as a core plot element.
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