Myconids, also known as fungusfolk, were a race of sentient, ambulatory fungus creatures. Generally making their homes in the Underdark or other cave systems, they were known for their peacefulness and appreciation of quiet. Despite this consciousness and similarity in size, however, they were not considered to be Mortalkind; their hive-like network intelligence, communication styles, and views on living were considered to be too alien for other mortals to understand.
They resembled giant fungi with distinguished pudgy limbs, and their bloated flesh ranged in coloration from purple to gray. Two eyes rested on their caps, perfectly concealed against the rest of their spongy skin when shut. Some fungus folk secreted a poisonous ooze from near everywhere but their hands.
Myconids could also release rapport spores which gave them the ability to Telepathically communicate with other intelligent lifeforms. This method of communication lasted up to an hour for nonmyconids but for fungus folk, functioned for a full eight hours. Adults could also release reproduction spores used to create new myconids and that posed no ill effects to non-myconids. A myconid sovereign could also release animator spores. These spores would cause a purple, bulbous fungus to grow upon intact corpses, taking over the systems and raising them as spore servants under command of the highest authority myconid present.