SECOND SLUGSHROOM LETS GO!!!

SECOND SLUGSHROOM LETS GO!!!

This time I did the blue chanterelle!

blue chanterelles are edible, but not considered choice. (Not liked as much as other mushrooms). They are more often used for dyeing fabric, and are known for their antitumour properties- they can help treat stomach cancer!!!

Their texture is either soft or brittle- they aren’t very strong, so my scugshroom isn’t either! Because blue chanterelles can have a coloration of black to blue, that made me think of the phrase “black and blue” in a reference to having bruises or being beaten up, so my poor little scugshroom has a black eye. They’re not the happiest scugshroom, since blue often means sadness.

They like to knit, (since blue chanterelles are often used to dye yarn) and sew, and they help out my turkey tail scugshroom with their medical work sometimes! and they’re probably about a teenager in age.

We need to get one of @t00nyah’s scugshrooms, Pompom the therapist to come and cheer them up lol

*Pssst* *I may be a few days and a "should've been ready with this" times late, but get hugged again* >:3 Oh! And don't worry about the uh.. rot like stuff.. it's just a mutation I have since my creation ^^

(And yes, I'm comically small by accident, whoops)

Anyways, have a nice day ya awesome person who I suddenly care maybe a little too much about despite not knowing anything about them (sorry!)

Awww, thank you! This art is really cute 🥰 (thanks for caring about me! I don’t know anything about you either, but it’s still really nice!)

tw: trypophobia!

scugshroom, based on the common puffball mushroom! the eye scar is due to a few alternate names such as "no-eyes" due to beliefs that their spores cause blindness.

i also based them off the sea bunny!

while the younger white puffballs are not poisonous, the older yellow/brown ones are. I decided to make them a poisonous one to match the sea bunny

due to them being the poisonous version, the puffball [ they get a silly name due to their mushroom's name :3 ] is a trapper for the mushroom scug colony!

AAAAHHHH I LOVE THEM

dude they’re so cute I can’t

decided to make my contribution Chanterelle - The Actor chanterelles have wildly different fragrances and whatnot, so I chose to make them a really skilled actor who entertains the colony, I guess. They can also play dead and have a high chance of confusing lizards, but as the cycle goes on the lizards care less and less about whether or not it's already dead.

Since chanterelles make a great addition to food, they often like helping out with cooking, as a hobby. Their ability to hold their breath is slightly worse than average because of the whole 'real chanterelles do not have gills' method of identification

gasp! I love them!

You didn’t specify what type of chanterelle, but I’d guess they’re based on the rainbow chanterelle due to the pinkish tint on their ears, hands and tail! I absolutely love the way you used them not having gills to mean them not being able to hold their breath- that’s so smart!!!

Pssst- fun fact! In French, « chanter » is the verb “to sing”, and « elle » is the “she” pronoun! To me, because I know French, the word chanterelle sounds (very very loosely and grammatically incorrectly) like “she sings”. (« Elle chante » would be the proper way to say that but still). So maybe The Actor likes musical theatre too! :D

A scugshroom creation guide in case anyone has no idea what they’re doing!

Pick your mushroom! For my example, I’m going to use the turkey tail fungus.

Find reference photos! (I’d use multiple, as the fruiting bodies of one species will often look a bit different from each other.)

Find facts about your mushroom, and use those to determine some traits for your scugshroom!

-For example, the turkey tail fungi is often used for medicinal purposes! Because of that, my scugshroom will be a healer.

-Since I chose a polypore/shelf fungus (it has no stem and no cap), finding out the body type of my scugshroom was a little harder. But, looking at the scientific name of the turkey tail- Trametes versicolor, I found my answer!  Trametes versicolor literally translates to “one who is thin” and “varying in colour”. So they’ll be thin! However, I also want them to look strong, because the turkey tail cannot be eaten raw due to how tough it is- you can’t chew it. 

-Turkey tails are also covered in hairs, described as having a velvety or silky texture, so I’ll give my scugshroom fur!

4. Draw your scugshroom!

Here’s my first (I will probably do lots lol) scugshroom, inspired by the turkey tail fungus! Their role in the colony is a healer :)

It’s a little rushed lol, but I had fun! I hope this can help anyone who’s confused/lost! :D

ALRIGHT CHAT my mom will be home in like 10 minutes so I will no longer be home alone I survived the 5-ish days of being abandoned lmao

I don’t like being alone

I was supposed to sleepover at my friend’s house tonight but they cancelled, and I can’t even find my cat because he’s outside somewhere and it’s dark now. I’m completely alone in my house and I hate it I hate it so much. I should be used to this by now but I’m not. I don’t want to be alone I need somebody to come and tell me it’s gonna be okay I need someone to be there for me but I’m alone