Bestiary artwork for Endless Realms, a D&D-like "pen and paper" fantasy RPG I'm working for.

I was asked for a "dire mushroom" - some sort of ambulatory mushroom creature that could actively move around - and while this probably isn't quite what the team had in mind, I still think it works :b I imagine it able to scuttle about quite quickly, yet able to root itself for stability or to possibly heal by drawing nutrients from the ground. It's tentacle-bits should obviously be prehensile (what's the point, otherwise? :V), and as far as the gross blood-looking stuff goes? Perhaps it's caustic or poisonous, and is able to be spat at victims, causing debilitating pain or any other assortment of terrible things :b

Oh the joys of monster design! Based on starfish fungus and bleeding tooth fungus, which were the two creepiest-looking mushrooms I could find >_O

Jen: "OMG, grossest looking mushroom ever."
husband (who is an analytical philosopher): *teasing* "Hm, that's quite the claim. I hope you can back that up with sufficient evidence."
Jen: *shows picture of bleeding tooth fungus*
husband: "........ Yup. Grossest looking mushroom ever."

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