Fungus
- You may be looking for the Web, a Yeti weapon, which was sometimes called a fungus.
A fungus was a type of life-form which bore some similarities to plants.
Professor Clifford Jones studied fungi, specifically their overlooked nutritional value. He discovered that his edible fungi was poisonous to the giant maggots. (TV: The Green Death [+]Loading...["The Green Death (TV story)"]) Later, he and his wife Jo Grant went on an expedition to the Amazon in search of a particularly rare fungus. (TV: Planet of the Spiders [+]Loading...["Planet of the Spiders (TV story)"]) The Kromon consumed fungus as part of their diet. (AUDIO: The Creed of the Kromon [+]Loading...["The Creed of the Kromon (audio story)"])
Fungi could also be used as weapons. The Great Intelligence's robot Yeti were armed with web-guns which fired a deadly, cobweb-like fungus. (TV: The Web of Fear [+]Loading...["The Web of Fear (TV story)"]) The Ice Warriors used the fungal Martian Seed Pods in their attempt to conquer Earth. (TV: The Seeds of Death [+]Loading...["The Seeds of Death (TV story)"]) The Tenth Doctor used a metal-eating fungus to destroy Baltazar's ship. (TV: The Infinite Quest [+]Loading...["The Infinite Quest (TV story)"])
Fungi could also be sentient. When visiting Mechanus, the First Doctor, Ian Chesterton, Barbara Wright and Vicki Pallister encountered Gubbage Cones, a race of intelligent, carnivorous fungi. (TV: The Chase [+]Loading...["The Chase (TV story)"])
