Moldstool

The Moldstool is a species of sporovid that utilizes mold, poison, or gloom.

=In fanon games=

In Pikmin Evolution
The Moldstool is a species of large mutated sporovid appearing in Pikmin Evolution. It is a larger and more mutated version of the Toxstool, with a much thicker and wartier dark green cap and four legs to walk on instead of two. It shares many of the same abilities of the Toxstool as well, mainly its ability to spread mold and the ability to revive infected enemies. The Moldstool mainly starts the fight walking on its legs, waddling about and scattering its mold cloud, which poisons all non-Roach Pikmin and leave behind sticky mold to make avoiding the Moldstool more difficult. Like the Toxstool, the Moldstool also is accompanied by several infected enemies, includings both types of Moldy Bulborb and Moldy Slooches. At first the Moldstool will be surrounded by Moldy Bulborb Larvae that you need to attack and defeat first in order to have the Moldstool rise from the ground to fight you, you can't attack it while its in the ground as its large cap will blow any Pikmin tosses. When out of the ground you can only damage the Moldstool by swarming it, which can prove to be dangerous as like previously stated it can release a cloud of mold to poison you and spread sticky mold. However since Roach Pikmin are immune to the mold, they can attack the boss no problem. When issue arise comes in the form of a second phase, the cap of the Moldstool opens, allowing Pikmin to damage it via being tossed at, however the Moldstool gains the ability to fly around the battlefield. While in the air it will summon moldy clumps, which hatch out into Toxcaps upon landing to assist the fight, and when it scatters mold from the sky the moldy ground it creates will be green, toxic, and spawn Moldy Bulborb Larva. Its most dangerous attack however is when it flips over and scatter the deadly hazard of gloom from its head, which instantly kills all Pikmin that breath it in and leaves behind a lingering fog of gloom on the floor. The Moldstool will drift around aimlessly after this attack, rapidly trying to flip over, and this is its main weakness. The two eyestalks of the Moldstool need 10 Pikmin each to hang on so that it will flop around before dropping down with a massive thud, while this may crush any Pikmin underneath the Moldstool when it lands which include the Pikmin hanging onto it, meaning they need to be recalled soon after weighing it down, it also causes its head to be buried, exposing its fleshy stalk to be attacked by all Pikmin types. Eventually the Mushstool will bury itself out of the ground, gaining flight once again requiring you to wait for it to expose its eyestalks with another gloom scattering attack. However the Kelp Pikmin and their long leaves can grab onto one of the Moldstool's legs, and with 4 of them they can weigh down the Moldstool without needing to wait for the Moldstool to start another gloom attack, making the battle last shorter overall. When defeated the Moldstool shrivels up and reveals a piece of refuse covered in black smoke, meaning only Roach Pikmin can carry it to the ship. Overall a battle that acts as a touger evolution of the Toxstool's fight and battle tactics, and the addition of gloom provides even more dangers to the battle.

In Pikmin: Other Frontier
The Moldstool is a boss sporovid appearing in Pikmin: Other Frontier. It is a close relative to the Puffstool, even sharing the same body structure, and has a warty green cap. One Moldstool serves as the boss of the final sublevel of Spoiled Mound, and present with it are fire geysers and Olive Bulblings. A passive creature, it flees from approaching Pikmin and leaders. Its only form of retaliation is releasing a cloud of mold, converting exposed Pikmin into Moldmin, an attack it initially performs only while actively attacked, although after reaching half-health it also sprays mold while fleeing. Because of the mold, Cleaner Pikmin are the best option when taking on these creatures.

In Pikmin: Spark
The Moldstool appears in Pikmin: Spark and has an appearance identical to that of its Pikmin: Other Frontier incarnation. Living in dens, these sporovids defend themselves by spraying a cloud of lethal green poison that kills all Pikmin except White Pikmin, which should be used to fight it. Additionally, they can produce white mold spores that don't affect Pikmin but do reanimate corpses on contact, and, if possible, change the hazard, if any, used by an enemy to poison. A Moldstool, when encountered, typically is surrounded by several enemies it revived to assist it as a mode of defense, and when attacked, runs away before flipping over. Upon death, it drops the Smoke Capsule, a container of pepper worth.