| Hog Fungus | |||
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| General information | |||
| Universe | The Gunk | ||
| Homeworld | "Gunk Planet" | ||
| Environment | Cosmopolitan | ||
| Intelligence | Non-sapient | ||
| Biochemistry | Carbon-based lifeform | ||
| Discoverer | Rani + Michaela J. Becks | ||
| Biological information | |||
| Reproduction | Produces fruiting bodies | ||
| Locomotion | Sessile | ||
| Predators | Gunk, "Gunk Planet Glowing Gold Swarm Insect" | ||
| Skin color | Pinkish | ||
| Lineage information | |||
| Related species | Mycelium coil, tape trunk | ||
| Cultural information | |||
| Alignment | True Neutral | ||
| Personality | Mindless | ||
| Organization | Solitary | ||
| Sociocultral characteristics | |||
| Members | N/A | ||
| Scientific taxonomy | |||
| Planet | "Gunk Planet" | ||
| Domain | Eukaryota (Complex lifeforms) | ||
| Kingdom | Fungi (Fungus; Molds, mushrooms, yeasts, etc) | ||
| Other information | |||
| Creator | Thunderful Development | ||
"A symbiote of a fungal fruit body and a cellulose-producing bacterium. Safe to harvest and useful in manufacturing." |
Hog Fungi are a hybridized species of fungus and a bacterium, commonly used as an exploration aid in the 2021 game, The Gunk. They can be broken apart and collected for use as construction materials.
Description[]
Hog fungi grow into a stalk-like shape, roughly the height of a Human's chest. Their stalk is pinkish in hue. They are known to attract small, gold-colored insects to small filaments protruding from the top of the stalk; these may be small fruiting bodies akin to flowers for pollination, but this is guesswork.
They are deeply sensitive to the proximity and leaching effect of Gunk and will enter a dormant state, disallowing explorers from harvesting them until any nearby Gunk is removed from the environment.
It is mostly composed of cellulose. Like other floral organisms on their home planet, if the encounter Gunk then they with and enter a dormant state until the infection in the area is systematically removed.
In-game usage[]
Hog fungi can be found in a mold spore-like state. Rani can harvest 8 fiber components from the organism by grabbing it with their cybernetic arm and pulling away from the fungus in a manner similar to many other large spore-like organisms they are able to interact with.
When pulled too far, the hog fungus will explode and leave 8 separate pieces of the fiber material, which the player then must suck up with their vacuum attachment. Any tape trunk already harvest remains harvested for the rest of the game and will not regenerate.
Appearances[]
- The Gunk (2021) (First appearance)