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[GauHelldragon]

Are plump helmets, rat tails, sweet pods and cave wheat all mushrooms?

[Capntastic]

I'm of the belief tha plump helmets are kinda like pumpkins, and cave wheat is wheat that grows in caves.

I'm sure we'll get more information on these plants and such eventually.

[GauHelldragon]

Well the reason that I ask is that the only plant that will grow without sunlight are mushrooms.

[Garthor]

Thus there are no dwarves.

Here we have dwarves.

[Zereth]

quote:Originally posted by GauHelldragon:
<STRONG>Well the reason that I ask is that the only plant that will grow without sunlight are mushrooms.</STRONG>

In reality. This is a fantasy setting. Maybe they use something other than sunlight.

[Solara]

I've always assumed plump helmets are mushrooms, pig tail is some twisty fibrous plant, cave wheat is...well, wheat that grows in a cave, and sweet pods are equally self explanatory.

[GauHelldragon]

quote:Originally posted by Zereth:
<STRONG>
In reality. This is a fantasy setting. Maybe they use something other than sunlight.</STRONG>

A wizard did it!

[Zereth]

Actually, Pyramid Online had an article about this recently. And while I don't think the plants are chemosynthetic, they might be manasynthetic, or the river mud is simply rich in organic materials they're living off of.

[JT]

There are also lichens and grasses (mostly lichens) which do not require sunlight.

[Gezol]

Plump helmets are indeed mushrooms. Toad mentioned that on IRC a while back-this is why they have "spawn" instead of seeds.

As for the rest of the cave plants, I picture them as generally looking something like this plant, and maybe working a similar way.