Shroomers

Shroomers are a species of sentient humanoid mushrooms.

## Characteristics

* They can reproduce asexually (they are still capable of sexual behaviour and acts but people are grown by the different mycelium)
* They each can grow mushrooms from their body, either their own kind or if spores are provided, of different kinds as well (this leads to a lot of knowledge about mushrooms and herbs being passed down)
* Each species comes in different skin tones (all kinds of human skin tones as well as greyish dull colours) so don’t worry about that when designing your character. Mycelia generally have more pointy teeth than humans as well.
* Non- poisonous species were very often eaten by predators  although they are not very nutritious
* A pretty good sign that you are looking at a Mycelia are the mushrooms that sprout from different parts of their body, these usually also give away the kind of mycelia even if they got rid of all other telling factors through surgery.

## Sub-species

  There are two different kinds of mycelium for each race: Common and Royal (these are only terms. Royal mycelia aren’t actually royalty)

* Common Mycelia are the general folk, although they still have abilities they are either harder to control or not as powerful as the ones of Royal Mycelia
* Royal Mycelia are quite rare this is because the royal Mycelium are either inactive or long dead. Their abilities surpass those of Common Mycelia which causes them to often be in leading positions if they occur

### Ink caps

Common Mycelium: active

Royal Mycelium: inactive

Inkies are a kind of shroomer born from an Inky-cap Mycelium (either royal or common). They usually reside in inner parts of the city and avoid large bodies of water, as it hurts them. They are one of the less common mycelia types and the chance of you seeing one is relatively low, although it is speculated that most of them just run around with human disguises and are therefore hard to spot.

- Inkies have the ability to melt themselves (or part of their body) into an ink-like substance at will

- Through this they can reshape and re-solidify, giving them the ability to shapeshift (this includes mismatching animal parts (claws, ears, increase strength or speed by mimicking the muscle layout in legs or arms) or creating new ones for abilities  need to know the exact structure of these parts)

- Although this can be used to disguise themselves, they usually end up showing they are Mycelia by ink splotches that appear on their body. Their bodies are constantly liquefying so a relaxed inkies will always be liquid to a certain extend (how much depends on the individual as well as age and stress hormone level)

- there are medications that can slow this process without draining their energy that also takes away the need for conscious solidifying but it is extremely expensive due to being highly taxed (Callosillin)

- Injured parts automatically convert to ink so that they can reform and heal before turning back into a solid (this speeds up the healing process immensely) They are susceptible to water, when in ink form. Any Ink exposed to water will feel like acid and act as such, this is extremely painful and causes a high child mortality rate as children of this race succumb to their own tears (if they come in contact with open wounds or liquid parts of them)

- While they can shapeshift, Inkie's natural appearance tends to consist of very dull skin (this can range from a greyish white to more ashy human skin tones or pure ink black) darker, and often colourful scleras and unusually long limbs.

### Agarics

Common mycelium: active

Royal mycelium: active

No known Royal Muscaria

Muscarias are mostly known as Toadstools or Toads (they still curse the Mario franchise) They are often thought to be naive but this is more of a stereotype than anything, humans often try to consume these kinds of mushrooms without the knowledge of the mildly toxic and psychedelic substances within. They are also the most common and known type of Mycelia.

* Toadstools have psychedelic and slightly toxic properties if eaten, they are immune to this but can give up small parts of their body (this doesn't hurt Mycelia too much, as they can regenerate the fruit bodies) and get others to consume it, they also secrete these toxins through their skin. Victims develop symptoms similar to alice in wonderland syndrome (Royal Muscarias can flake off the white parts of their cap and have a kind of “poison spore gas” that doesn't require physically touching the victim (r))

* This also means they are highly sought after and sometimes even killed for their hallucination inducing flesh. Or are even killed by victims that have become deranged due to the hallucinations.

* While they don’t heal quite as fast as their comatus brethren they still have better regeneration than the average human

* Toadstools have, in addition to toadstool mushrooms growing on various parts of their body a giant toadstool “hat” that can be surgically removed. They tend to be shorter and sturdier than ink caps.

### Oysraie

Common Mycelium: active

Royal Mycelium: active

No known Royal Ostreatus

Mycelia Ostreatus are generally known as “Oysters” or sometimes “Ostrees” among other Mycelia. They are often found in occupations such as cooks due to oyster mushrooms being edible and very delicious (yay cannibalism). Most people are unaware of the toxic components that can be found in their saliva in a high concentration.

* Just as the mushrooms, oyster mycelia can come in earthy tones as well as bright pink! These are very popular because people are weird and obsessed with appearances that aren’t common in humans :)

* Ostreatus have a venomous bite. Their saliva contains a calcium dependent toxin which can paralyse the victim within minutes. If the bite stays untreated necrosis of the tissue will begin quickly. (Royal Ostreatus have bioluminescent saliva that paralyses a lot faster than that if their common peers (r) )

* The mushrooms on their bodies grow a lot quicker than in other sub-species of Mycelia, especially around their torso and neck. These are often trimmed and used for cooking

* Their teeth are even sharper than other Mycelia since they developed to quickly penetrate tissue and flesh

### Callosillin

Callosillin is a medication, used by Comatus that makes it easier for them to stay in a solid form for longer. This is mostly used to make them more resistant to water.

This Medication was discovered by Kyoko Hashimoto, when her Comatus partner was bitten by a venomous viper and found that while it had negative effects, it also prolonged the time their body needed to liquify.

It was later discovered that the blood clotting factors help reduce the liquefaction of Mycelia Comatus.

Callosillin is traditionally made by extracting certain chemicals from the poison of vipers, but nowadays it is usually created in a laboratory, which allows for higher concentration and better results with less side effects.

While it is accessible to the general public, it is highly taxed and seen more like a luxury item rather than a necessity.

## Mycelia Lingo

Guy - Funguy

Girl - Fungirl