Funghoul

Dragon Quest monster Funghoul

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Art by Akira Toriyama Japanese おばけキノコ Romaji Haunted mushroom First appearance Dragon Quest III

Funghoul (originally Demon Toadstool) is a recurring monster in the Dragon Quest series. Introduced in Dragon Quest III, it is an undead mushroom monster utterly dedicated to pestering players with poison.

Characteristics

Funghouls are spotted, red-capped mushrooms with stalks thick enough to serve as a face and body. They have stubby arms, small feet, sad, yellow eyes, and a fanged mouth with tongue lolling out.

Appearances

Dragon Quest III

#20 - Funghoul
HP MP Experience Gold 24 0 39 18 Attack Defense Speed 30 12 8
Dropped Item	Holy water (1/32)
Bestiary #	20
Game	Dragon Quest III
Console	NES, SNES, GBC, Mobile

Dragon Quest V

#45 - Funghoul
HP MP Experience Gold 35 0 35 40 Attack Defense Speed 35 37 24
Dropped Item	Antidotal herb
Locations	Fortuna area (G3) Whealbrook area (G2) Roundbeck area (G2) Outside Uptaten Towers (G2) West of Zoomingale (near Lunar Zoombloom)
Capture Rate	1/16
Bestiary #	45
Game	Dragon Quest V
Console	DS

Dragon Quest VIII

#19 - Funghoul
HP MP Experience Gold 22 0 13 12 Attack Defense Speed 21 18 14
Dropped Item	Antidotal herb (common) Plain cheese (rare)
Locations	Alexandria Region
Skills	Sweet Breath
Family	Plant
Bestiary #	19
Game	Dragon Quest VIII
Console	PS2
Description	Mushroom-shaped monsters with a sweet breath that puts enemies to sleep. They grow in humid areas like grasslands and deep forests.

Dragon Quest IX

#015 - Funghoul
HP MP Experience Gold 22 3 25 20 Attack Defense Speed 25 17 19
Dropped Item	Medicinal herb (common, 12.5%) Sleeping hibiscus (rare, 0.78%)
Locations	Western Stornway, Zere
Skills	Sweet Breath
Family	Plant
Bestiary #	015
Game	Dragon Quest IX
Console	DS

Variants

Morphean Mushroom

The Morphean Mushroom (マタンゴ) is a gray-stalked Funghoul with a lavender cap dotted with light blue spots. It exchanges poison for intoxicating breath.

#20 - Morphean Mushroom
HP MP Experience Gold 30 0 39 18 Attack Defense Speed 43 25 15
Dropped Item	Chimaera wing (1/32)
Skills	Sleep attack Sweet Breath Flee
Bestiary #	20
Game	Dragon Quest III
Console	NES, SNES, GBC, Mobile

#38 - Morphean mushroom
HP MP Experience Gold 45 0 40 11 Attack Defense Speed 44 34 31
Dropped Item	red mould (common) plain cheese (rare)
Locations	Maella Region
Family	Plant
Bestiary #	38
Game	Dragon Quest VIII
Console	PS2

#037 - morphean mushroom
File:MorpheanMushroom.PNG
HP MP Experience Gold 50 5 75 45 Attack Defense Speed 50 42 40
Dropped Item	belle cap (1/16) fisticup (1/16)
Locations	Eastern Coffinwell Western Coffinwell
Skills	Sweet Breath
Family	Plant
Bestiary #	037
Game	Dragon Quest IX
Console	DS
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.

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Mushroom Mage

The Mushroom Mage is a purple funghoul with a dark blue cap. Smarter than its cousins, it has learned a stalkful of spells.

#38 - Mushroom Mage
HP MP Experience Gold 40 10 92 20 Attack Defense Speed 39 52 20
Dropped Item	Holy water (1/32)
Skills	Flee
Spells	Crack Heal (self)
Bestiary #	38
Game	Dragon Quest III
Console	NES, SNES, GBC, Mobile

#38 - Mushroom Mage
HP MP Experience Gold 43 10 45 30 Attack Defense Speed 40 53 20
Dropped Item	Magic water (1/128)
Skills	Flee
Spells	Crack Heal (self)
Bestiary #	38
Game	Dragon Quest IV
Console	NES, PSX, DS, Mobile

#107 - Mushroom Mage
HP MP Experience Gold 81 10 75 13 Attack Defense Speed
Dropped Item	Red mould (common) Waterweed mould (rare)
Locations	Northwest Isle
Family	Plant
Bestiary #	107
Game	Dragon Quest VIII
Console	PS2
Description	Man-eating mushroom monsters that live in shady forests. They cast ice magic to freeze unwary travellers and then use them as fertilizer.

Dragon Quest IX

#053 - Mushroom mage
File:DQ9 MushroomMage.png
HP MP Experience Gold 67 18 144 70 Attack Defense Speed 50 56 56
Dropped Item	Belle cap (common, 1/8) Fisticup (rare, 1/8)
Locations	Tower of Trades Newid Isle Lonely Coast (high ground) Grotto
Spells	Crack
Family	Plant family
Bestiary #	053
Game	Dragon Quest IX
Console	DS
Description	Mean mushrooms who go round in groups endeavouring to make ice cubes out of adventurers with constant cold spells Cooled the once-warm area south of Alltrades Abbey with a century of Crack-casting 'til it became outright autumnal.

Gallery

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  Dragon Quest IX

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Trivia

• The Funghoul's name is most likely a pun on the often mispronounced Italian curse word "fongool", or "vaffanculo", as well as "Fungi".
• The Morphean Mushroom's name is derived from Morpheus, the Greek god of slumber.

It's Japanese name, Matango, is a reference to a 1963 body horror film from Toho studios.