Common Glowcap

The Common Glowcap is a luminescent fungus and is used as scenery in some areas and caves. They are a source of light when awoken, which can be used in the leaders' favor.

In and, they are purely aesthetic, and as scenery, the Glowcaps do not change gameplay at all, unlike their supposed "relative", the Glowstem, which may cause bomb rocks to fall upon contact with it.

In, these plants are initially found buried in the ground with only the tops showing; they do not give light in this state. Physical contact with them will make them rise out and illuminate a small area around them. The light from these plants can damage and kill Phosbats, as well as provide shelter from the Vehemoth Phosbat. Two variations exist: a cyan one and a pink one. They can also have different sizes. Their color matches the color of the light they produce, but nothing else.



Olimar's notes

 * "The light emitted from this rare mushroom is neither a reflection, nor a release of stored light. It grows not only on decomposing trees, but also on soil and rocks. This mushroom's fungal filaments are capable of stabilizing and concentrating pure Hocotatium 111. It is none other than the Hocotatium 111 approaching the point of critical mass that causes the glowcap's blue luminescence."

Louie's notes

 * "Rapturous fresh or sauteed, this illuminating fungus will be hot in the galaxy's trendiest restaurants."

=In fanon games=

In Pikmin: Redemption
In Pikmin: Redemption, Common Glowcaps have a range of different colors, each indicating how close the Hocotatium 111 is to critical mass. Some colors include yellows, greens, blues, reds, oranges, and violets.

In Pikspore
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Common Glowcaps in Pikspore come in many different colors. There is a species known as the Glowling, which mimics the appearance of Common Glowcaps and can also appear in these new colors.

In Pikmin: Wide World
The Common Glowcap appears in Pikmin: Wide World. They are initially found shrunken into the ground, identifiable only as a small, glowing bump sticking out of the ground. Upon being closely approached by anything, however, a Common Glowcap will suddenly emerge from the ground and shine its soft light down in a cone shape from its cap. Leaders and Pikmin hiding in this light will be sheltered from Vehemoth Phosbats, Vampire Bulbears, and Dwarf Vampire Bulbears.