Finding Tumblr’s Favorite Fungal Fun-Guy

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🍄 MUSHROOM MADNESS BRACKET🍄

🍄 Here are all of our matchups! 🍄

Popular Picks are in white, while our Underdogs are in yellow! This way we’ll be able to see how far any of our underdogs get! (Also for ease of reading the bracket) Typed up list (w/ eventual link to polls) under the cut!

1. Breloom (Pokémon) VS The Truffle (Terraria)

2. Shrumal Warrior(Hollow Knight) VS Muttshroom (Mother 3)

3. Morelull (Pokémon) VS Marabelle Cybin/Marabelle the Terrible (Not Another D&D Podcast)

4. Apothecary Gary (Amphibia) VS Amanita (Green Lantern) VS Galwyn (Troll, 1986)

5. Leif (Bug Fables) VS Princess Shroob (Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time)

6. Mycologists (Inscryption) VS Tarin (The Legend of Zelda: Links Awakening)

7. Mister Mushroom (Hollow Knight) VS Akaboshi Bisco (Sabikui Bisco)

8. Mooshroom (Minecraft) VS Violet and Tate (Monster Prom)

9. Brown Slim Mushroom (Everhood) VS Shrumbo (Ooblets)

10. Danielle Barkstock (D20) VS Mushroomon/Mushmon (Digimon)

11. Ragel (Undertale) VS Hattifatteners (Moomin)

12. Amanita (Just Dance) VS Slimefoot (Magic the Gathering)

13. Toad (Mario) VS Shrub Berry (Empires SMP)

14. Walking Mushroom (Delicious in Dungeon) VS Master Firbolg (The Adventure Zone: Graduation)

15. Todd from Mario (Drawfee) VS Magic Myc (Inside Job)

16. Jade Leech (Twisted Wonderland) VS Nightcap (Plants VS Zombies: Battle for Neighborville)

17. Twirly-Whirly (Genshin Impact) VS Chio the Korok (The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild)

18. Toadette (Mario) VS Nightcap (Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch)

19. Moonshine Cybin (Not Another D&D Podcast) VS Puff Shroom (Plants VS Zombies)

20. Sozo (Cult of the Lamb) VS Kinoko Komori (My Hero Academia)

21. Puffstool (Pikmin) VS Myconids (Dungeons and Dragons, 5th Edition)

22. Bongo-Head (Genshin Impact) VS Shroomish (Pokémon) VS Malcom (Squishmallow)

23. Caduceus Clay (Critical Role) VS Josh (Dominion SMP)

24. Mushroom Pikmin (Pikmin) VS Red Dead Mushroom (Everhood)

25. Zommoth (Bug Fables) VS Room (Join the Party)

26. Stanley (Spiritfarer) VS Fleeble (Ooblets)

27. Poison Mushroom Cookie (Cookie Run) VS Shumi (Shumi Come Home)

28. En (Dorohedoro) VS White Mushroom Emblem Heartless (Kingdom Hearts)

29. Clickers (The Last of Us) VS Hypno-Shroom (Plants VS Zombies)

30. The Nomes (Little Nightmares) VS Shrooom! (Earthbound)

31. Ramblin Evil Mushroom (Earthbound) VS Kinoko (Katamari)

32. Truffles Daal (Chowder) VS Cappy (Kirby)

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🍄 ROUND 2 BRACKET 🍄

Congratulations to our winners and condolences to the losers of Round 1! Way more underdogs moving on than I expected and some real upsets among them!

1: Breloom (Pokémon) VS Shrumal Warrior (Hollow Knight)

2: Morelull (Pokémon) VS Apothecary Gary (Amphibia)

3: Leif (Bug Fables) VS The Mycologists (Inscryption)

4: Mr. Mushroom (Hollow Knight) VS Mooshroom (Minecraft)

5: Shrumbo (Ooblets) VS Danielle Barkstock (Dimension 20: Fantasy High)

6: Hattifatteners (Moomin) VS Amanita (Just Dance)

7: Toad (Mario) VS Shrub Berry (Empires SMP) VS Walking Mushroom (Delicious in Dungeon/Dungeon Meshi)

8: Todd from Mario (Drawfee) VS Night Cap (Plants VS Zombies: Battle for Neighborville)

9: Chio the Korok (Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild) VS Toadette (Mario) VS Nightcap (Ni No Kuni: Wrath of the White Witch)

10: Moonshine Cybin (Not Another D&D Podcast) VS Sozo (Cult of the Lamb)

11: Myconids (Dungeons and Dragons, 5th Edition) VS Shroomish (Pokémon)

12: Caduceus Clay (Critical Role) VS Mushmin/Mushroom Pikmin (Pikmin)

13: Zommoth (Bug Fables) VS Stanley (Spiritfarer)

14: Shumi (Shumi Come Home) VS White Mushroom Emblem Heartless (Kingdom Hearts)

15: Hypno-Shroom (Plants VS Zombies) VS The Nomes (Little Nightmares)

16: Ramblin’ Evil Mushroom (Earthbound) VS Cappy (Kirby)

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🍄 ROUND 3 BRACKET 🍄

Things are getting intense now! Lots of interesting matchups coming this round! Let’s see who can make it into the quarterfinals!

1: Shrumal Warrior (Hollow Knight) VS Morelull (Pokémon)

2: Leif (Bug Fables) VS Mooshroom (Minecraft)

3: Danielle Barkstock (Dimension 20) VS Hattifatteners (Moomin)

4: Shrub Berry (Empires SMP) & Toad (Mario) VS Todd from Mario (Drawfee)

5: Toadette (Mario) VS Sozo (Cult of the Lamb)

6: Shroomish (Pokémon) VS Caduceus Clay (Critical Role)

7: Stanley (Spiritfarer) VS Shumi (Shumi Come Home)

8: Hypno-Shroom (Plants VS Zombies) VS Cappy (Kirby)

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🍄ROUND 4: QUARTERFINALS🍄

After unexpected delay, WE’RE FINALLY HERE BABEY! Things are narrowing down, only two Underdogs left: Hypno-Shroom and the incredible saga of Toad Berry. Let’s see who can make it to the Semifinals!

1: Shrumal Warrior (Hollow Knight) VS Leif (Bug Fables)

2: Danielle Barkstock (Dimension 20) VS Toad Berry (This Blog) VS Todd from Mario (Drawfee)

3: Sozo (Cult of the Lamb) VS Caduceus Clay (Critical Role)

4: Stanley (Spiritfarer) VS Hypno-Shroom (Plants VS Zombies)

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🍄ROUND 5: SEMIFINALS🍄

The semifinals are here! It’s time to determine which of our fiercest fungal competitors will make it to the FINAL SHOWDOWN!

With this round we say goodbye to the last of our Underdogs. Congratulations to Shrub Berry and Hypno-Shroom for making it all the way to the Quarterfinals with only one initial submission each!! But we must now bid you farewell as our top four powerhouses face off to see who will make it to the finals!

1: Leif (Bug Fables) VS Todd from Mario (Drawfee)

2: Caduceus Clay (Critical Role) VS Stanley (Spiritfarer)

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🍄ROUND 6: THE FINALS🍄

IT’S FINALLY HERE FOLKS

In an amazing coincidence, it’s obvious everyone’s favorite thing in their mushroom characters is…. A bug motif and a contemplation of death and undeath!

I don’t actually know Bug Fables and I never finished Critical Role C2, but the VIBE matching here in the finals is astounding! Which of our Buggy Boys shall be crowned Tumblrs Favorite Fungal Fun Guy? Will Cads beetles and dead people tea beat… whatever Leif has going on? Fungus autism plurality? Something like that. ITS TIME TO D-D-D-D-DUEL!

We’re also going to have a runoff match between Todd (From Mario)(From Drawfee) and my DEAR Stanley Spiritfarer for the honor of Third Place.

FINALS: Leif (Bug Fables) VS Caduceus Clay (Critical Role)

Third Place: Todd From Mario (Drawfee) VS Stanley (Spiritfarer)

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Veiled Lady (Phallus indusiatus)

Smash

Pass

Voting ended onApr 2, 2025

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Clathrus archeri ;)

Devil's fingers ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) (Clathrus archeri)

Smash

Pass

Voting ended onApr 2, 2025

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Blue Pinkgill (Entoloma hochstetteri)

Smash

Pass

Voting ended onApr 2, 2025

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Lurid Bolete (Suillellus luridus)

Smash

Pass

Voting ended onApr 2, 2025

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Basket Fungus (Ileodictyon cibarium)

Smash

Pass

Voting ended onApr 2, 2025

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Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria)

Smash

Pass

Voting ended onApr 2, 2025

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Amethyst Deceiver (Laccaria amethystina)

Smash

Pass

Voting ended onApr 3, 2025

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The walking mushrooms from Delicious in Dungeon: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/delicious-in-dungeon/images/5/54/Walking_Mushroom_%28Anime%29.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width/360?cb=20240108160156

Walking Mushroom (Arukikinoko)

Smash

Pass

Voting ended onApr 3, 2025

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Hello everyone! Long time no see!

Enjoy these spontaneous Baldur’s Gate 3 mushroom polls! Mostly I wanted to be funny about the Noblestalk and it somehow impulsively spawned all this!

These aren’t tournaments or anything, just individual polls. Needed to talk about my new favorite game. Catch me at @precious-little-bhaalbabe if you wanna see what I’m up to these days

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BGIII Mushroom Ranking - Misc

Noblestalk

Lump of Myconid Flesh

Rotten Mushroom

Voting ended onFeb 2, 2024

Pictures and Descriptions under the cut

Noblestalk

"When broken, this mushroom's typically odourless fronds emit a strongly medicinal aroma." Your fave is Problematic. Useful in all sorts of situations and quests but the shit this little guy stirs. Instantly heals any and all ailments when consumed. A woman nearly kills her mind-addled husband looking for one of these things. But if you restore the husband's memories with it, he goes back to being an abusive old shit. Traumatizes resisting Durges just trying to understand themselves. Lets Shadowheart remember her erased memory of her childhood friend but teaches Shadowheart her friends deadname. Noblestalk transphobic???/j A cool and useful lore and quest item but like they're all So Messy.

Lump of Myconid Flesh

"This sponge-like chunk of myconid flesh gives off a sharp, pungent aroma." Spongy!

Rotten Mushroom

"Though tall and red, this mushroom is covered in fuzzy mould." These guys are EVERYWHERE. Everybody was picking mushrooms before they had to abandon their supplies all across Faerun.

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BGIII Mushroom Ranking - Environmental

Bibberbang

Timmask

Torchstalk

Mushroom Circle

Underdark Ambient

Voting ended onFeb 1, 2024

Pictures and Descriptions under the cut

Bibberbang

Delightful name for a deadly shroom. Releases noxious and highly flammable spore clouds when disturbed. The death or near-death of Balen Bonecloak, depending on how your playthrough went.

Timmask

"Also known as 'the Devil's Mushroom' for its mind-altering effects." Blue and glowy! Disorient your companions and hear their terrifying mad laughs today!

Torchstalk

"Bulbs of volatile gas swell from the central stem of this explosive fungus." Explodey and flammable! Love to work in tandem with other Underdark shrooms clouds of spores to make a big big firey bang.

Mushroom Circle

Beloved by faeries and hags alike!

Underdark Ambient

Your favorite environmental shroom not listed? Here's for all the background mushies we see in the Underdark! They're all so beautiful and glowy.

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BGIII Mushroom Ranking - (Un)Dead

Duergar Spore Servant

Hook Horror Spore Servant

Blooming Drow Head

Voting ended onFeb 1, 2024

Pictures and Descriptions under the cut

Duergar Spore Servant

You messed with the wrong myconid colony, dwarf

Hook Horror Spore Servant

Pointy!

Blooming Drow Head

"A forest of mushrooms sprout from Nere's skin, eyes, and open mouth, cheerily feeding on clotted blood." He deserved it.

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BGIII Mushroom Ranking - Food

Glowcap Mushroom

Bluecap Mushroom

Blushcap Mushroom

White Mushroom

Fragrant Fungus Stew

Mushroom Soup

Voting ended onFeb 1, 2024

Pictures and Descriptions under the cut

Glowcap Mushroom

"The glowcap is an Underdark traveller's boon, both lighting the way and dazzling the tongue." A lovely shade of blue.

Bluecap Mushroom

"While bland and tasteless, bluecap spores are your best bet at finding something edible in the Underdark." These guys never highlight as lootable in the environment. Tricky little guys.

Blushcap Mushroom

"Red and white mushrooms appear in many children's rhymes throughout Faerûn." The mush. The myth. The 🍄.

White Mushroom

"Delicious when sautéed with a bit of garlic, cooked into a cream, or grilled with a slice of veal." A classic with real life appeal

Fragrant Fungus Stew

"A popular duergar dish. And why not? Its ingredients are common, and its flavour as bright as the glowcaps that comprise it." Careful who you get this from, may contain myconid. The duergar in Grymforge seemed sick of it despite its apparent popularity.

Mushroom Soup

"A thick, rich soup to warm both your hands and stomach." "Simmered for hours on a low fire until a generous helping of mushrooms were rendered soft and creamy." So beloved the game has two different items for it!

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BGIII Mushroom Ranking - Myconids

Sovereign Glut

Sovereign Spaw

Mossy Myconid

Restless Myconid

Noxious Myconid

Voting ended onFeb 1, 2024

Pictures and Descriptions under the cut

Sovereign Glut

Seeking vengeance on the duergar invaders that destroyed their people, Glut accompanies the player to cleanse the duergar rot. After the invaders are defeated, they ask for the players assistance in wiping out the rival Myconid leader Spaw, who had begrudgingly allowed Glut refuge after their colony was destroyed.

Sovereign Spaw

Ruler of the Myconid colony the player meets in game. They ask for the player's help in eliminating various levels of threat to their colony. From a specific band of duergar that slaughtered the colony's young, to asking them to travel across the lake and bring them the head of the invaders' leader. Rewards the player with buffs, treasure, and accolades as they assist the colony. Despite suffering from invaders, still offers protection to several foreigners. Including the player, deep gnome slave refugees, underdark mushroom merchants, a rival myconid sovereign, and a pair of fungi-studying scholars.

Mossy Myconid

ourple they don't have as many hats as the others, but they do have a special unique one

Noxious Myconid

geen glowy

Restless Myconid

orng always doing their walkies around

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BGIII Mushroom Ranking - Alchemy

Acorn Truffle

Bullywug Trumpet

Swarming Toadstool

Bonecap

Poison Spore

Hastening Spores

Timmask Spores

Tongue of Madness

Dragon Egg Mushroom

Rogue’s Morsel

Voting ended onFeb 1, 2024

Pictures and Descriptions under the cut

Acorn Truffle

"A favourite food of many forest animals, this hardy truffle is prized by druids and rangers." Used to craft Potion of Animal Speaking Called Acorn, makes me smile :)

Bullywug Trumpet

"A sour, unappetising mushroom, the Bullywug Trumpet is found anywhere dark and dank." Used to craft Simple Toxin Bullywugs are funny little frog men. NADDPod has them.

Swarming Toadstool

"Often found swarming around larger fungi, the Swarming Toadstool can grow anywhere it can find some company." Used to craft Drow Poison So many little guys for the price of one!

Bonecap

"An acidic, foul-tasting mushroom that can be found anywhere bodies have been buried. Or left to rot." Used in crafting Basic Poison What more do ya want from a guy

Poison Spore

"Although they abhor violence, myconids boast both poisonous gas pockets and pulverizing limbs - a clear indicator that the harsh reality of the Underdark has equipped them with defensive capabilities, should that abhorrence slacken." Used in crafting Noxious Spore Grenade Spores your friends! Or actually probably don't...

Hastening Spore

"These spores sprint about in lively cyclic patterns, tiny runners on a fungal track." Used in in crafting Haste Spore Grenade Ok now THIS guy is for sporing your friends!

Timmask Spores

"Spores are the Timmask's main defence system, poisoning and befuddling any who inhale them." Used in crafting Fungal Bamboozler I mean you hearing that shit?? Fungal Bamboozler!!! Quest item also, used to help Omeluum investigate your funky little brain worms. One of the shrooms gardened by Lenore de Hurst, Cleric of Mystra, sad lonely wizard, and possible lesbian.

Tongue of Madness

"This long, slender mushroom is named both for its resemblance to an oversized human tongue and the effect it has on that organ when consumed." Used in crafting Tadpole Elixir Quest item also, used to help Omeluum investigate your funky little brain worms. One of the shrooms gardened by Lenore de Hurst, Cleric of Mystra, sad lonely wizard, and possible lesbian.

Dragon Egg Mushroom

"It's unclear whether the beautiful patterns on these mushrooms are the result of magic or nature, but the fungus is often sought out by smiths, who mix it into a paste to prevent burns." Used in crafting Fire Resistance Potion Important for kissing Karlach!

Rogue's Morsel

"Frequently referenced in tales of roguish adventures, this mushroom can be quite the boon for those who know how to use it." Used in crafting Healing Potion One of the first mushies you encounter in the game! Classic cap shape Crafts a staple and important potion!

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Any thought on running a fungus-only bracket so we could get an actual mushroom winner as well?

It should be obvious from the several lengthy unannounced delays but poll running isn’t really in my wheelhouse right now XD. I’d love to run more but tbh I think it’s more executive function than I have. If anyone else would like to run a mushroom poll just tag me and I’ll gladly boost and reblog the polls! Just running another one, at least right now is a bit much for me.

It’d be hard to determine the line of what counts as “is a mushroom” as well. I feel like it would lead to many arguments that their character is actually totally technically a mushroom too.

But other competitions, like the Real Life Mushrooms or Non-Character Fictional Mushrooms polls I’d brought up in the past would lead to more Clearly Mush competitors.