'Discovered' by the human population of Hawking in 2317, the Atomic Mushroom is a fungus found in many of the areas of planet Hawking and especially common in the Grawla Crater.


The 'Atomic Mushroom' has a yellowish base and a brownish cap that can sometimes glow slightly blue at night. The mushroom is often found in areas that had been heavily irradiated, and is often one of the first plants to start growing back in the wake up nuclear attack. The fungus has an incredible resistance to radiation and is extremely good at concentrating toxic or radioactive elements out of the soil. It is often better at cleaning radiation out of the soil than the nanomachines produced by the humans on the planet Hawking. It is suspected that this fungus is part of the reason for the quick bounce back of the planet after near-extinction-level events.
Though the fungus is harmless by itself, it is usually full of toxins leeched from the soil. This makes ingestion usually fatal.

The Grawla of the Grawla crater have been cultivating this fungus for hundreds of years to harvest the special properties of the crater itself.