Toxcap

The Toxcap is a species of small sporovid that releases toxic spores.

=In fanon games=

In Pikmin Evolution
The Toxcap is a small species of sporovid appearing in Pikmin Evolution. It is a smaller, less-developed Toxstool, and as such shares the coloration and most physical aspects of its older variant. However, it lacks legs, and so is forced to hop along, and use its cap like a springboard to reach higher areas. The Toxcap is usually found in two different places, those being in damp areas often deep underground, or sprouting from the spore clumps of several enemies infected with the mold of the Toxstool. In fact, they regularly sprout from the mold clumps present on the Toxstool's hosts, the most notable being the Dwarf Moldy Bulborb, in a painful process that kills the host. Toxcaps regularly congregate in small groups, occasionally with a Toxstool to guide them, jumping around and spreading clouds of mold to cover the ground with. When the Toxcap flips over, it releases a small bit of mold that grows into a larger clump if not dealt with soon enough. The Toxcap's green spore clouds are highly toxic, the fumes instantly killing any Pikmin upon exposure.

Unlike its larger version, the Toxcap is unable to defend itself in any meaningful way from Roach Pikmin, the optimal Pikmin type use against it due to their poison and spore immunity, aside from scattering them by flipping over. However, particularly desperate or crafty Toxstools may absorb a large clump of mold to grow to the size of a Toxstool, granting it dramatically increased vitality. Preventing this from occurring necessitates balancing defeating Toxcaps and destroying mold clumps. Overall, while not as dangerous as the Toxstool, the Toxcap can be a major threat on its own if given the chance.