Bolete



The Bolete are a species of mushrooms based on the real-life Boletaceae mushrooms. They are one of the five tribes of the Mushroom men the spore wars universe, and where Pax, the main protagonist, is from.

Background
The Bolete mushrooms first became sentient when a meteor shower occured; when the meteors crashlanded on the Earth's surface, they left a mysterious, green-colored mist that caused the mushrooms to come to life. Because the Bolete are believed to be the first species to gain sentience, they could be considered "alpha" mushrooms.

Out of the four tribes, the Bolete were a peaceful one. They lived in a shamanistic society in villages located in areas bountiful with flora, and placed heavy emphasis on creative production as well as the well-being of their general populace. The Bolete also preferred to live at peace with the land and their fellow mushroom neighbors rather than fight amongst each other. They are shown to be allies with the Morel and Shiitake mushrooms, and the Kudzu plants, as all three do not show hostility towards Pax.

Mushroom Men: The Spore Wars
Before the events of the game Mushroom men the spore wars, the Bolete tribe had been shown as "wiped out" by groups of Amanita and Lepiota mushrooms, who attacked without warning and razed the villages to the ground, killing a vast majority and enslaving those who survived. Pax was the only Bolete mushroom to have survived, having had been sneaked out of the chaos by the Bolete elders when he was young. It has been revealed that the Bolete had been killed because of their peculiar ability to absorb meteorite chunks, which the Lepiota coveted; Pester in particular because he wanted to use their vast energy for world domination. Pax, upon learning this, avenged the genocide of his people by defeating Pester and left him to be eaten by an infected chihuahua.

Abilities
The Bolete mushrooms are very resourceful and are shown to collect scavenged items, dubbed "Scav" in their tongue, to make into crude but effective weapons. As exemplified by Pax, they can be good melee fighters, but are aganist combat because they love peace. Bolete mushrooms also wield telekinetic powers ("Sporekinesis") that allow them to move objects with their mind, and can use their own spores to manipulate plant life by reviving dead plants or moving leaves, even Kudzu for easy transportation. They can also manipulate the spores of other mushrooms in combat, causing them to purposefully combust when weakened. This ability is called "Spore Punisher". For unexplained reasons, they can absorb meteorite chunks. This is the reason why the Bolete had been almost driven to extinction.

Notable Bolete
Pax