Vitriol Mycelium (Orchid Mod)

Type	Weapon
Damage	12 (Chemical)
Critical chance	4%
Tooltip	Grows a mushroom, 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

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The Vitriol Mycelium is a Pre-Hardmode Alchemist weapon crafted from Rotten Chunks and Vile Mushrooms found in the Corruption.
It's the counterapart of Visceral Mycelium.

Result	Ingredients	Crafting station
Vitriol Mycelium	Vile Mushroom (5) Rotten Chunk (5) Demonite Bar (5) Orchid Mod/Empty FlaskEmpty Flask	Work Bench

On impact, spawns a mushroom that falls until it touches a solid block and starts growing, after which it explodes.
Adding elements in mixture increases the damage and the time needed for the mushroom to explode.
When a spore enters the mushroom's aura, this will change color respectively and will create 5 more spores of that type after exploding.
After the mushroom copies a spore type, it can't be changed again.
Vitriol Mycelium's explosion damage increases drastically when mixed with other elements, but even with a big AoE, it can be hard to hit fast flying enemies.
Glowing Mushroom Extract also absorbs spore's properties and periodically creates more of them, making it easy to also enchance Vitriol Mycelium's mushroom.
The mushroom can be popped in advance with any Catalyst or with Gunpowder Flask, causing less damage in a smaller area.
If Vitriol Mycelium is mixed with Gunpowder Flask it will spawn a mushroom as usual.