A type of fungus is seen on Phaaze in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption, primarily in the Landing Site and Hatcher Tunnel. It is distinguishable from other species by its large pulsating spores that emit a decaying smell. It has several tentacles surrounding a hole on its top. The fungus is not dangerous to Samus.
Blastcaps, Saturnine, Parasitic fungus, and Phazon Fungus are other fungus species in the series, though of all these, only the Blastcaps are harmful to Samus. The latter three are also all infected with Phazon at some point. Additionally, some hallways in Crateria on Zebes feature large mushrooms with tall stems that grow out of the ground in Super Metroid. Their head is hard enough for Samus to stand on, and Geemers are occasionally seen crawling on them.
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"The pulsating spores of this fungus emit the scent of decay. No profile matches in data bank."
| Indestructible Creatures | |
|---|---|
| Non-hostile | Aurora Unit 217 • Baby • Dachora • Databot • Etecoon • Fleet Admiral Castor Dane • Fleet Mechanic • Pow • Septogg • Tatori • Tatori, Jr. • U-Mos Training Drone • Watchdrone • Work Robot |
| Hostiles | Aazelion • Airthorn • Autom • Big Metroid • Cannon • GMX-04 Halberd-class turret (if provoked) • Polyp • Proboscum Puromi • Ring Beam Unit • Ripper II • Samus Eater (Bud) • Seed platform • Unfreezable Metroid • ZipNMEBomber |
| Misc. | Bloatsac • Blueroot Tree (Dark) • Butterfly • Chomper Fish • Durable plantform • Fish • Fungus • Glow Stem • Great Tree Massive tentacle • Moth • Parasitic fungus • Protozoan • RedGrass • Sandgrass • Sbug • Scarp • Scatterbug • Tallon fern • Mantha |