Stay away.
ENTITY NO. 150
THREAT LEVEL
3
Habitat:
Grassy Plains
Aggression: 0/5
Non-aggressive
Intellect: 4/5
Human-level intellect
Danger: 5/5
Attacks are mainly fatal
Description[]
Oculi Fungorum are small, red mushrooms found within grassy plains. Their appearance is similar to an Amanita muscaria, circular red caps with white warts all over. They usually have a veil underneath the cap and have a usually white or beige stipe. When taken out of their position (not recommended) they don’t leave behind any mycelium or anything underground. Oculi Fungorum are entities and not mushrooms, despite their fungal looks, as inside them you can find bone structure, muscle, organs and more.
They contain gills, which, upon a person coming too close, will release spores. If one were to breathe in these spores, they would immediately contract Morbus Spororum Oculi. This virus is 100% fatal if not treated, meaning it is best to stay away from any sort of red mushroom found in fields.
Morbus Spororum Oculi[]
Morbus Spororum Oculi is the virus you can contract from the Oculi Fungorum. It is easy to accidentally catch; all that’s needed is to inhale the spores from Entity 150.
At first, you feel pain coming from anywhere on your body. The skin begins to redden, and a growth starts forming. This is the new eye starting to form. Inside your body, where it is growing, the nerves, organs, muscle, bone structure, and more start to get pushed aside and, in some cases, damaged. This can form deformities.
From this point, the eye continues to grow. Pain intensifies, and deformities become more common. The eye starts to get significantly closer to the edge of the skin, and nociceptors begin to form. The area of skin around the eye will hurt significantly more to the touch.
Finally, the eye eventually breaks through the skin, and you can see the fully formed eye. One would be able to move this eye around, but not actually be able to see through it. By this stage, it is almost guaranteed that this eye has caused damage and/or internal bleeding. The eye doesn’t have any eyelids, meaning that it must pull on your skin to close and open. This can cause immense pain. In some cases, the eye rips the skin off, causing you discomfort and exposing muscle tissue. If the eye has no skin to use to blink, it will eventually ‘die’ off. This just means that it won’t feel pain, and you can’t move it—but it remains.
Eventually (if not treated), an eye will grow into a vital organ or structure in your body, causing you to pass away. This is known as Oculus Mors. Currently, there is no safe way of curing Morbus Spororum Oculi.
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Subject 150; Classified File
May 10th, 2002:
Subject experienced pains in his arm, and a weird growth started forming. The skin began to redden, and he experienced internal bleeding in that area.
May 15th, 2002:
Subject's growth continued to grow, and pain intensified. We decided to cut it open and found an eye-like organ forming.
May 25th, 2002:
Subject's growth shrank after we had cut it open and healed. We decided to quickly look inside again and found it rotting. We intend to let the growth heal and continue monitoring it.
May 28th, 2002:
Subject is experiencing similar pain to that on the 10th, this time on his leg. When we checked, there was another one forming. We decided it would be best to let it grow this time to find out what happens when fully grown.
May 30th, 2002:
Subject's arm got infected after the eye-organ had rotted, and his second one finally cut through the skin, revealing the eye forming underneath.
May 35th, 2002:
Subject's arm had to be amputated, and his second eye has now fully formed. He states it feels like his arm was being 'ripped apart' from the inside. He says he cannot see through his new eye but can move it.
May 38th, 2002:
Subject never woke up, and another eye had been found forming on his scalp, cutting through the brain.
Behavior[]
Apart from what was mentioned in the Description and Morbus Spororum Oculi, there is no other known behaviour.
Biology[]
Oculi Fungorum do not resemble typical fungi. They lack roots, spores, and underground growth. Instead, their structure is built around two main organs: a brain located in the cap and a heart positioned in the stem. Bone surrounds both organs and extends through the body, providing support. Muscle wraps around the organs and fills the space beneath the skin for protection. Nerves connect the brain and heart directly, and also spread through the muscle to control internal functions.
There are no digestive or reproductive systems. It is unknown how this creature survives without breathing, reproducing, or consuming. The spores it releases carry the Morbus Spororum Oculi and produce an unpleasant odour.
Discovery[]
The discovery of Oculi Fungorum was first documented in this log from January 2002:
Author: @BobWiggleHands