Shimmerfoot

A fungus, Polydactylmycetes polychrome, native to Enaaka. It is a common groundcover fungus, and highly prized in certain luxury item and novelty markets. It has the unusual property of giving off intense bioluminescence when crushed or disturbed, and many subspecies exhibit startling colour changes as well. Shimmerfoot is purchased by certain bioindustrial firms, which use the organism to create living carpets of spectacular beauty. Special containers and care must be used to keep the fungus alive until it can be transplanted under controlled conditions.

Once found throughout the planet's temperate zones, shimmerfoot is now found only at considerable distances from Human habitations, presumably because of intense over-harvesting.

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• Rob Caswell. "Enaaka Worldguide." MegaTraveller Journal 1 (1991): .