MYCONIDS
Myconids are intelligent, ambulatory fungi that live
in the Underdark, seek enlightenment, and deplore
violence. If approached peacefully, myconids gladly
provide shelter or allow safe passage through
their colonies.
Circles and Melds. The largest myconid in a colony
is its sovereign, which presides over one or more social
groups called circles. A circle consists of twenty or more
myconids that work, live, and meld together.
A meld is a form of communal meditation that
allows myconids to transcend their dull subterranean
existence. The myconids' rapport spores bind the
participants into a group