As inspired by this fact post, I've decided to make the second one an actual thing, because there are some cool fungi about. The Mushroom People from Dark Souls aside, here are some of Fromsoft's lowest to highest coolest mycological moments:
10- This rotten bastard right here:
I wanted to make this walking fungal infection famous and it spammed me with poison attacks. Fuck this guy. Last place.
9- Common Caelid Flat Fungus
It's fine. The occasional bumps and squinching sounds it makes are neat. But still the least interesting of the Caelid fungi.
8- Oyster Barkshrooms
These are likely the only thing in Caelid that even looks vaguely edible. Pretty neat.
7- Caelidine Cupclusterfungus
These Pezizaceae looking, almost lichenesque clumps are neat, I like when they grow as burls on the the roots. They also sound squinchy.
6- Malenia's Aeonian Sporeblobs
I only wish we saw these puff out some clouds of spores. I have no idea why my camera picked up blue in the middle, sorry.
5- Outback Rothouse Bloomin' Flat Fungus
These are pretty cool, they grow from the flatshrooms and look like one of my drawings. Almost coral-like.
4- Doomskull of Mycelium
Though some of this ancient massive skull has fine cup fungi, other parts have a more mycelium like texture. Also, skull.
3- Branching Fruiting Stumpfungus
These things are awesome. Super cordycepsy. We call them "Caelid Cacti" back home. I mean we don't but whatever.
2- Decaying Ekzykes
I'm not big on dragons in general but a decaying scarlet-rot breathing one? That's pretty awesome. Also I like saying "Ekzykes." Ekzykes.
1- Tomb Mold
Bloodborne item cameo FTW!!! Time for chalice dungeons. Not really. Please don't let the DLC have chalice dungeons.
No joke, my first time I was actively telling someone “its weird how pretty and visually calm Elden Ring is for a Fromsoft game” …and then the sky turned red.