Visceral Mycelium (Orchid Mod)

Type	Air
Potency cost	1

Type	Weapon
Damage	12 (Chemical)
Critical chance	4%
Tooltip	Releases floating mushrooms, exploding after a while or when being catalyzed ; The more ingredients used, the more delayed the explosion ; The mushroom will absorb the properties of nearby spores, creating more of them ; Only one mushroom can exist at once.
Rarity
Sell	15

The Visceral Mycelium is a Pre-Hardmode Alchemist weapon crafted from Vertebraes and Vicious Mushrooms found in the Crimson.

It's the counterapart of Vitriol Mycelium.

Crafting

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Visceral Mycelium	Vicious Mushroom (5) Vertebrae (5) Crimtane Bar (5) Empty Flask	Work Bench

On impact, spawns 3 floating mushrooms that explode after a short delay.
Adding elements in mixture spawns 3 more mushrooms and slightly increases their damage.
When a spore enters the mushrooms' aura, this will change color respectively and each mushroom will create 0-2 more spores of that type after exploding.
After the mushrooms' aura copies a spore type, it can't be changed again.
Visceral Mycelium's total damage output increases drastically when mixed with other elements, but doesn't increase the small AoE it has.
The short delay isn't always a good thing: it grants the weapon a good damage output put also makes it hard to enhance it with spores from another mixture. It's highly recommended to mix it with Extracts so the mushrooms will immediately be enchanced. Since they fly, Glowing Mushroom Extract isn't a good option either most of the times.

Full explanation of Hidden Reactions.

Visceral Mycelium +

Cleanses most common early-game debuffs and blooms jungle lilies around the user.

Causes 10 sec. of Experimental Drawbacks.

Visceral Mycelium +

Each alchemical attack using 2 or more elements will release a purifying aura.

Causes 10 sec. of Experimental Drawbacks.

Type	Air
Potency cost	1