Fungus/Fungi worlds

[Blue Ghost]

I seem to recall there being an indication that a possible world Travellers could come across would be one whose lifeforms were fungus of various sorts.

Does anybody have any thoughts on this?

 

[mjk1093]

The Suerrat survived by farming fungi in caves, that's the only mention of fungi I remember from traveller.

[Resisting temptation to make lame Yuggoth joke]

 

[Starviking]

There was a world write-up in one of the Megatraveller Journals that dealt with a world with a very vigorous fungocology.

As my Trav Collection is half a world away that's all the info I can give.

Starviking

 

[aramis]

I seem to recall there being an indication that a possible world Travellers could come across would be one whose lifeforms were fungus of various sorts.

Does anybody have any thoughts on this?

The shaggies are a symbiosis of a fungus and humans.

 

[Starviking]

That's them! The Shaggies.

Found on Enakka
Deneb, Pretoria Subsector 0203, B777786-6 Ag 922 Dd

Details in Megatraveller Journal 1.

IIRC they were remnants of a failed First Imperium colony.

Starviking

 

[BlackBat242]

That's them! The Shaggies.

Found on Enakka
Deneb, Pretoria Subsector 0203, B777786-6 Ag 922 Dd
...
Starviking

So where are the Scoobies found?

 

[aramis]

So where are the Scoobies found?

With Buffy, of course! :rofl:

 

[Blue Ghost]

That sounds familiar, but I thought I read something in one of the LBBs... I guess I was mistaken.

 

[kafka47]

Could not the Shriekers from the Denuli system be adapted?

A planet where the dominate form of life is fungoid is not terribly far off, unless you mean sentient life. A good part of early Earth history was dominated by lichen and fungi on the land whilst the seas where the incubator of other life processes.

 

[DaveChase]

The Forgotten Planet

By Murray Leinster

is an interesting story about a world dominated by Fungus and such in the lower level of atmosphere.
I don't know if this is something that you are looking for or not.

Dave Chase

 

[Blue Ghost]

I don't recall any sentient fungi, just general plant grade fungus. But it sounded pretty interesting when I read it (I think it was an encounter on some animal encounter table). Not beint familiar with fungus (other than those that appear on the occasional pizza) I was wondering why kind of world this might be?

 

[jawillroy]

Piers Anthony had a trio of books on the subject of a Fungus world and a group of explorers in it: "Omnivore," "Orn," and "Ox." He wrote these early in his career, before he found his "book full of bad puns" market, and devolved. It's been years since I've read them, but I recall them being quite good, and rather Traveller-y.

 

[BlackBat242]

Maybe I should convert the Myconid (from AD&D 1E MM2).

They are described as "resemble walking toadstools in humanoid form".

Average Int (~7-8 in Traveller), vary from 2'-12' tall.

They have virtually no tolerance for direct sunlight (but this can be dealt with).

 

[su_liam]

So where are the Scoobies found?

With Buffy, of course! :rofl:

Buffy had a Vargr sidekick? Cool...