Poison Shrooms

The Poison Shroom genus group split from the Supershrooms genus group. They are a highly adaptable group which have spread to nearly all land biomes. As detritivores they can live wherever there is rotting organic matter. They do extremely well on carcasses, which can in turn deter scavengers from eating such decayed carcasses. They are not so good at decomposing woody materials such as trees or plent bones. They come in a range of sizes and shapes. Unlike their ancestor they have developed poisonous tissues that range from mildly to extremely poisonous. Their poison is less like that of Earth's poison mushrooms (phallotoxins) but more like that of Earth's poison dart frogs (tetrodotoxins). Their toxins are particularly deadly to carpozoa species, but really anything with a nervous system is affected. They have developed bright colors and black splotches which warn of their poison. The possible colors spread across the rainbow but are always bright. Their stems have no pigment. Their colored caps are resistant to UV light but their stems are not. Thus they do best in the shade but still can survive in direct sunlight. Being small and having a large root system anchoring them, they don't have much issue with wind. They do well in most climates as long as it doesn't damage the toxins in their poison. They produce few berries on long stalks that are far away from their toxic caps. Before developing the berries, they produce sticky spores that can rub on the outside of scavengers like Dartirs. If a tip gets fertilized with contact from these sticky spores then it will produce the spore berries. Like their ancestors they are are highly resistant to disease and parasites; they are able to bounce back from any "plagues" with ease.