Name: Breloom
Classification: Mushroom
Type: Grass/fighting
Number: 286
Evolution: Shroomish – Breloom (level 23)
Heighte: 1.1 m
Weight: 40 kg
Habitat: (sub)tropical forests
Description: Breloom is a diurnal herbivore that lives in warm and humid areas, mostly in rainforests, but occassionally seen in grasslands. It is most active at midday, when the temperature is at its highest. It only eats the roots of a handful of plants. It digs these up with the huge claws on his hind legs. They have leathery skin. Breloom carry over the congenital infection with Amanita venenum from their Shroomish form. The fungus can be found throughout its body, though it concentrates in the hood, where they can be seen in the form of red, stalkless mushrooms. The bulbs on its tail are filled with spores and occassionally fall off. They moslty live solitary, though they are not territorial. During the mating time, both males and females become very competitive. They fight each other in what could be quite accurately described as boxing matches. They attempt to punch each other with their arms. Some Breloom can punch so fast, their punches are not visible to the human eye. The claws on their arms are blunt, but can still cause serious damage. The force with which they hit, can cause severe internal damage to humans, but Breloom are more resistent to it. The leatherly flaps around its neck can raise up when Breloom opens its mouth, rather in the manner of the frills of the frill-necked lizard, to impose their rivals.
Just like how more people die each year of donkeys than of sharks, Breloom are surprisingly one of the most dangerous pokémon out there. Apart from its considerable fighting skill, it is highly toxic. The fungus does not only make Breloom unedible to most predators: its spores are also toxic. As the spores are regularly excreted from the hood, Breloom are covered in them. If a predator isn’t automatically repelled by the spores, Breloom will shake its head or hits its tail against its assailer, to release clouds of poisonous spores. As far as is known, the fungus cannot survive in other pokémon or in humans. Merely touching a Breloom is enough to run the risk of poisoning. Some people have been admitted to hospital with infections of Amanita venenum who had not even touched, but been in the vicinity of a Breloom. The poison causes crippling pain, a fiery rash and severe gastrointestinal distress. Children and small pokémon can even die as a result of this last symptom: they are incapable of eating and continue to vomit until it damages their esophagus. In most cities, it is illegal to let Breloom walk free unless they’re treated with a specific anti-fungal medicine. This doesn’t kill A. venenum, but stops the production of poison. Breloom treated in this manner do not seem to suffer from it, though they are much less useful for battle. Many trainers choose not to treat their Breloom in this fashion.
Though most Breloom are green, a small population separated from the rest by the Narinara-mountain range has a bright red colour.

Another one of my favorite pokémon. This description was a pain in the backside. For some reason, I struggled with a lot of English words. Could someone explain to me the difference between poison, venom and toxin? In Dutch, there is no such distinction (everything is ‘gif’, unless you use it specifically to kill someone, in which case it’s ‘vergif’).