Fungus Threat.

Description: Any wide variety of organisms: Spores, Mushrooms, Mildews, Molds and Yeast. Most Fungi grow a network of slender tubes that spread and feed off of Dead Organic Matter or Living Organisms. Cant grow in Deserts or Arctic regions.
Threat Against Planet: The Fungus will spread across the planet infecting plants to animals to Humans/Apes/Avians. The Fungus would start from the water and would spread causing large mushrooms and deadly fungal spores to form across the land. The planets Atmosphere would be slightly green/yellow/blue color and it would be fog like. Water on the planet would become slimy and have a greenish tint to it and the surface would be slimy and green.
Some fungi are edible but have both positive and adverse side effects.
Animals/Npcs/enemys: Animals on land would become infected and mosty die but some could mutate and have mushrooms and spores on it. Npcs could have a slight chance to become infected and become Frenzied and try to kill you or could just die after awhile of infection. Aquatic mammals and fish would die or become frenzied and try to kill you, or they could stay friendly but infected. Enemies are infected and are 2x harder to kill and they have a chance to infect you if they attack you. New enemies like venis fly trap/ giant Prey mantis/ Popping spore pods/ Bees and any other ideas?
Leaf-Cutter Ants (small or giant) that eat fungus and actively try to spread it.
Some fungi might feed upon other fungi.
Some chemical that kills mold/fungi and is non-toxic/environmentally safe. Put some in a spray to combat it?
Effects on Buildings: Fungus will spread over a well constructed bases and the edges of the base blocks would have a layer of green fungus on it. If the fungus got inside of a building any lights or torches would break and glowing spores or mushrooms would grow in the dark and mildew and molds would grow in the dark and in underground caves.

Cure: To cure the fungus before it covers your planet you would need to have purifiers in the water where the fungus has begun to clean the water and if its too late for that you would need to burn the fungus and then do step one. If you found a plant with fungus already everywhere you would have to burn the entire planet or make an anti-fungus to clear and remove the remaining fungus. Antifungal Medication.
Any more ideas leave them in comments! I hope you like it!

 

I would like to encounter a planet that is already fully infected, full of giant mushrooms and possibly with abandoned structures overrun with fungi.

 

Thats what Im talking about man!!

 

If you have any more ideas post them in the comments and if they are good i will add them to the Thread!

 

Maybe it's possible to have giant walking mushrooms?

 

Other thoughts:

• Antifungal Medication
• Different types of Mold/Fungus depending on the Temperature/Humidity/Amount of Light of the environment (Not all types like cool/dark/damp, but most do)
• I would think that the fungus would actually shy away from torches because of the dry heat rather than encroach on them, but it could still get around the torches via spores.
• Leaf-Cutter Ants (small or giant) that eat fungus and actively try to spread it.
• Some fungi are edible but have both positive and adverse side effects
• Some fungi might feed upon other fungi
• Some chemical that kills mold/fungi and is non-toxic/environmentally safe. Put some in a spray to combat it?
• Something akin to the sunflowers in Terraria to deter spread?

 

Thats very good ideas im going to put some in the thread! Nice Job Barlov Monkiss

 

I Added your ideas to my thread! They are this PINK!

 

This would go good with the Fungals!

Made by Fungus Trooper!

 

That would be sick to add to a fungal threat or Fungi planet?

 

The fungus idea is nice though there are some mistakes with your facts.
First of all, i'm not sure if you can call spores organisms the same way as mushrooms and etc. - they are only the means by which the fungus spread. Spores are very light and small, which allows them to be carried around by the wind.
Fungi feeding upon fungi is somehow wrong in every way. It's just a kind of thing that just doesn't happen. Fantasy and Science-fiction has to be smart and logical to a degree at least, and mushrooms eating mushrooms would be rather ridiculous.
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Now for what i think could be improved:
There should be some limit to the way the fungus spreads. For example, it can't grow in the desert or the arctic, so those zones would be safe no matter what. It would both make the fungi threat less annoying and make sense.
Also, to avoid self-destruction the fungus could not cover green plants completely. Otherwise plants couldn't perform photosynthesis anymore and that means there would be no energy coming in, only leaking out, which would lead to all living things on that planet dying out rather fast. So only the underbrush could be full of mushrooms and stuff. At least the tree tops should have infection rates low to none.

Also, i don't understand the part about all the lights going out if the fungi get inside the house. I understand the fungi can't grow in light, but how would some spores(which think as much as a rock and have pretty much the same amount of control over where they are thrown) make the lamps blow up?

 

Hypomyces lactifluorum

 

Parasite is one thing, but actually MUNCHING UP another mushroom is quite another.

Especially since it's not separate mushrooms, but one colony(otherwise how could it envelope everything?) so as i see it it would be like one part of the fungi superstructure eating up another. Which is beyond odd.

 

The Fungus would be like the Corruption in Terraria?

 

Yes exactly

 

Sweet! Would be a great addition to the game -q

 

Thanks

 

The Fungal Troopers should bring the Fungus with them if they could like attack your planet and you would have to defeat them and the fungus!

 

Good thing I'll be chillin' on an Arctic planet . No 'shrooms here.

 

Beware the Ice Mushrooms... (well, this is sci-fi)