Morphean mushroom

Dragon Quest monster Morphean Mushroom

Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese マタンゴ Romaji Matango First appearance Dragon Quest III Old localization Deadly Toadstool
Toadstool

The Morphean Mushroom is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series, first appearing in Dragon Quest III. It is a gray-stalked Funghoul with a lavender cap dotted with light blue spots. It spews intoxicating breath like its Funghoul comrades, while also putting enemies to sleep just by attacking.

Appearances

Dragon Quest III: The Seeds of Salvation

Morphean Mushroom (マタンゴ Matango)

Original (NES)

Sprite		Level	HP	MP
		10	30	0
Attack	Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
43	25	15	39	18

Bestiary No.	#023
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Flee Sleep Attack Sweet Breath
Location(s)	Underground Lake
Item Dropped	Chimaera wing1⁄32

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
0⁄64	25%	0%	0%
Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance
0%	100%	0%	0%
Poof Resistance	Fuddle Resistance	Snooze Resistance	Dazzle Resistance
100%	0%	70%	25%
Fizzle Resistance	Sap Resistance *	Deceleratle Resistance *
100%	25%	0%

Remakes sprites

SFC	GBC	Switch

Dragon Quest VIII: Journey of the Cursed King

Morphean mushroom (マタンゴ Matango)

Original (PS2)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	45	0	44
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
34	31	40	11

Bestiary no.	#038
Family	Plant
In-game description	Mushroom-shaped monsters with a sweet breath that puts enemies to sleep. Commonly encountered in humid places such as deep forests and grasslands.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Sleep Attack Sweet Breath
Location(s)	Maella Region Ascantha Region
Item(s) dropped	red mould1⁄16 plain cheese1⁄64

Evasion	Attack Resistance	Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *
1/64	0%	0%	0%
Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Crack Resistance *
0%	0%	0%	0%
Ice breath Resistance *	Strike/Rock Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Drain Magic Resistance
0%	0%	0%	100%
Whack Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *
0%	100%	15%	50%
Snooze resistance *	Dazzle Resistance	Fizzle Resistance	Ban Dance Resistance
15%	50%	100%	100%
Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *	Army Resistance *
15%	0%	0%

Remake (3DS, Mobile)

Notable Changes

None

Dragon Quest IX: Sentinels of the Starry Skies

##037 - Morphean mushroom
File:MorpheanMushroom.PNG
HP MP Experience Gold 50 5 75 45 Attack Defense Speed 50 42 40
Dropped Item	Belle cap1⁄16 Fisticup1⁄16
Locations	Eastern Coffinwell Western Coffinwell
Skills	Sweet Breath
Spells	None
Family	Plant
Bestiary #	#037
Game	Dragon Quest IX
Console	DS
Japanese Name	マタンゴ
Romanized Jap.	Matango
Description	Tawdry toadstools that spew forth Sweet Breath, and are slathered in spores that can send foes to sleep. They're so small because they're always mistaken for seats and sat on by fellow beasts every year at the monster AGM.

Dragon Quest X

Morphean mushrooms began appearing in Version 5.4 of the game, making them much more powerful than previous games due to their late appearance. Naturally, they are capable of using both Sleep Attack and Sweet Breath, as always.

Dragon Quest XI: Echoes of an Elusive Age

Morphean mushroom (マタンゴ Matango)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	61	11	68
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
67	40	77	35

Bestiary no.	#071
Family	Nature
In-game description	Foul-tempered fungi who finally became so furious at humans picking them and pitting them in the pot that they morphed into monsters and went on the rampage to get their revenge.
Spell(s)	None
Skill(s)	Sleep Attack Sweet Breath Flee
Location(s)	Grotta della Fonte (first and third acts)
Item(s) dropped	Wakerobin1⁄16 Belle cap1⁄32

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	-110%	0%	0%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
0%	-110%	-110%	0%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	0%	100%	0%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
25%	0%	50%	25%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
100%	0%	0%	100%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
25%	0%	0%

Vicious morphean mushroom (マタンゴ・強 Matango・kyō)

Sprite	HP	MP	Attack
	187	22	141
Defense	Agility	Experience	Gold
168	103	1,420	384

Bestiary no.	#339
Family	Nature
In-game description	Morphean mushrooms driven to dangerous extremes by the dark power of the Lord of Shadows.
Spell(s)	Sleep Attack Sweet Breath
Skill(s)	None
Location(s)	Laguna di Gondolia (second act) The Sage's Trial - The Fierce Forest (third act, night only)
Item(s) dropped	Wakerobin1⁄16 Belle cap1⁄32

Evasion	Fire Resistance *	Ice Resistance *	Wind Resistance *
N/a	-110%	0%	0%
Rock Resistance *	Light Resistance *	Dark Resistance *	Zap Resistance *
0%	-110%	-110%	0%
Drain Magic Resistance	Whack Resistance *	Poof Resistance	Poison Resistance *
0%	0%	100%	0%
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
25%	0%	50%	25%
Sap Resistance *	Blunt Resistance	Deceleratle Resistance	Spooky Aura Anathematise Resistance
0%	0%	0%	0%
Fizzle Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Stumble Resistance *	Charm Resistance *
100%	25%	0%	100%
Beguile Resistance *	Double Down Resistance *	Elemental Resistance *
25%	0%	0%

Dragon Quest Monsters

Toadstool (マタンゴ Matango)

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	45	2/5	3/5
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
3/5	3/5	4/5	4/5

Family	Plant
In-game description	Plants its spores on its prey to multiply
Abilities	NapAttack, SleepAir, MouthShut
Habitat	Medal Man's Gate
Breeding chart	Plant family x Zombie family

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *
None	None	None	None
Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Rock/Army Resistance *
None	None	Strong	None
Zap Resistance *	Gigaslash Resistance	Magic Burst Resistance	Drain Magic Resistance *
Strong	None	None	Strong
Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance *	Poison Resistance *	Paralysis Resistance *
Weak	Weak	Weak	Weak
Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *	Fizzle Resistance
Weak	Weak	Weak	Strong
Ban Dance Resistance	Gobstopper Resistance	Stun Resistance *	Sap Resistance *
Strong	Strong	Strong	None
Decelerate Resistance *		Curse Resistance
None		Weak

Dragon Quest Monsters 2

Toadstool (マタンゴ Matango)

Sprite	Level cap *	HP growth	MP growth
	45	5/10	7/10
Strength growth	Resilience growth	Wisdom growth	Agility growth
4/10	5/10	4/10	4/10

Family	Plant
In-game description	Scatters toxic spores by dancing.
Abilities	MouthShut, NapAttack, SleepAir
Habitat	Sea World (Tara's Adventure)
Breeding chart	Plant family x Zombie family

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Fire Breath Resistance *	Bang Resistance *
None	None	None	None
Crack Resistance *	Ice Breath Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *	Rock/Army Resistance *
None	None	Strong	None
Water Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Gigaslash Resistance	Magic Burst Resistance
Strong	Strong	None	None
Drain Magic Resistance *	Whack Resistance *	Kamikazee Resistance *	Poison Resistance *
Strong	Weak	Weak	Weak
Paralysis Resistance *	Fuddle Resistance *	Snooze Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance *
Weak	Weak	Weak	Weak
Fizzle Resistance	Ban Dance Resistance	Gobstopper Resistance	Stun Resistance *
Strong	Strong	Strong	Strong
Sap Resistance *	Decelerate Resistance *	Curse Resistance
None	None	Weak

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Dragon Quest Tact

Morphean mushroom appears as a D-rank monster of the Nature family as part of the limited Dragon Quest XI event. It can be recruited from Chapter 1, Episode 2 of the event quests entitled The Red Orb at any difficulty. The morphean mushroom can participate in Jade's Battle Road as a party member.

Morphean mushroom (マタンゴ Matango)

Stats

Family		Rank		Role
Nature				Defence
Max Level		HP	MP	Move
100		675	167	2
Attack	Defense	Agility	Wisdom	Weight
226	216	236	121	15

Basic Skills

First		Second		Third
Poison Attack		Sleep Smog*		N/a

Awakening Skills

First	Second	Third
Max HP +15 / Stats Up	Woosh Res +25 / Stats Up	Sleep Smog Potency +5% / Stats Up
Fourth	Fifth
Zap Res +25 / Stats Up	Sleep Smog Potency +5% / Stats Up

Leader Perks

First

N/a

Basic Perks

First	Second	Third
Sleep Smog Potency +2%	N/a	N/a

Perk Details

First

Max HP +15: Raises max HP by 15.

Frizz Resistance *	Sizz Resistance *	Crack Resistance *	Woosh Resistance *
Normal	Very Weak	Very Weak	Half Res
Bang Resistance *	Zap Resistance *	Zam Resistance *	Snooze Resistance
Normal	Half Res	Normal	Immune
Poison Resistance	Physical Lock Resistance	Spell Lock Resistance	Martial Lock Resistance
Normal	Half Res	Normal	Normal
Breath Lock Resistance	Hobble Resistance *	Stun Resistance *	Dazzle Resistance
Normal	Normal	Super Weak	Normal
Curse Resistance	Paralysis Resistance	Confusion Resistance	Charm Resistance
Super Weak	Normal	Half Res	Normal

Etymology

• The Morphean Mushroom's name is derived from Morpheus, the Greek god of slumber.
• Matango is a reference to the 1963 body-horror film from Toho Studios about a group of castaways on an island who are slowly transformed into mushrooms. It was released in the United States in 1963 under the name Attack of the Mushroom People.

Related monsters

Similar species

• Funghoul
• Mushroom mage

Gallery

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  A morphean mushroom in X

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  XI polygon model

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  A vicious morphean mushroom

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  DQM I&II sprite

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  Caravan Heart sprite

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  Rivals card