Glueshroom

The Glueshroom is a species of sporovid mushroom appearing as an obstacle in various Pikmin games. It usually comes in either an orange or turquoise coloration, though other colors may exist in fanon games. Glueshrooms release sticky mold from their caps which get on the floor and causes captains to walk slower o the afflicted surfaces as well as cause treasures to be stuck on the ground and therefore uncollectable. The mold will only disappear when the entire clump of Glueshrooms creating the mold are destroyed. Some Glueshrooms are poisonous however and require White Pikmin, or other poison-resistant Pikmin types, to destroy them. Various Sporovids such as the Puffstool and Toxstool can create Glueshrooms with their spores, implying a link between the two creatures.

=In fanon games=

In Pikmin Evolution
The Glueshroom is a species of sporovid mushroom appearing in Pikmin Evolution. They share the same basic structure of being a small spotted mushroom, no bigger than a Dwarf Bulborb. Glueshrooms come in five different colors, consisting of orange, turquoise, lime green, purple, and black. Each color will constantly create a different substance, and that substance will last continuously until the source is destroyed. Orange Glueshrooms release a sticky lime-green mold from their caps, which makes anyone who walks on it slower and traps any refuse onto the floor, preventing their collection, this color can be destroyed by any Pikmin type. Turquoise Glueshrooms release toxic emerald-green mold, poisoning anyone who crosses it, since the mushrooms also constantly radiate poison only Roach Pikmin can destroy them. Lime-Green Glueshrooms release an acidic sludge from their caps which corrodes anyone who crosses them sludge and slows them down, they are also acidic themselves meaning only Germ Pikmin can destroy them. Purple Glueshrooms periodically release a cloud of spores which convert Pikmin who breaths it in into hostile Puffmin that will attack your captains before dancing around the Glueshroom that created them, they will only be turned back when the Glueshroom is destroyed, preferable with Roach Pikmin as they are immune to the spores. Finally Black Glueshrooms release a cloud of gloom from their caps periodically, making them the most dangerous type of Glueshroom as that can instantly kill any Pikmin, even the poison-immune Roach Pikmin. The Black Glueshrooms only appear in the House of Gloom DLC of Pikmin Evolution, making them quite the rare sight, but no less dangerous. Glueshrooms of the orange and turquoise variety can be grown by the Puffstool and Toxstool respectively, and the turquoise variety can also mutate into a hostile Toxcap if certain conditions are met. Overall the Glueshroom's main purpose is to act as a recurring obstacle that your team needs to deal with as they explore them many dens that dot this world as that is where this mushroom is most common.