The Ghastly Death
| The Ghastly Death | |
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| Base Information | |
| Classification | |
| Terrain | Jungle |
| Locomotion | |
| Size | |
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| Social Structure | |
| Weapons | Spores, Poisonous |
| Armor | |
| Source | |
| Homeworld | Enaaka_(world) |
| Multi-world | |
| Canon | Yes |
| Reference | MegaTraveller Journal #01 |
The Ghastly Death (Rana morbiomycetii)
Physiology & Ecology[edit]
A rare spongiform mushroom occasionally encountered in the hotlands. While poisonous in itself, the rana fungi's spores are deadly. Once introduced onto living tissue, the spores extrude an acidic hyphae network which consumes the host within minutes. The victim is rapidly covered by a writhing mass of black-gray to purple fungal matter. Death is fast but extremely painful, the result of body tissues being digested by the acid and rapidly absorbed into the fungus structure. Typically, death occurs within one to two minutes, from blood and tissue loss, as well as from shock. The host body is completely dissolved within a few hours, with nothing remaning but bones and the shapeless, orange mass of the rana germinative body.
Rana morbiomycetii is encountered only in regions where the temperature remains above about 40dC, and is confined to the equatorial regions.
Life Cycle & Reproduction[edit]
No information yet available.
Diet & Trophics[edit]
No information yet available.
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
No information yet available.
Travellers' Aid Society Advisory[edit]
No information yet available.
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
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- MegaTraveller Journal #01
- Author & Contributor = (*) I-C #DroyneLife (*) (talk) 17:10, 14 April 2017 (EDT)