/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>5849626
My favorite mushroom is this one. It overtakes a plant and pretends to be its flower, making pollinating insects carry its spores instead of pollen.

Another good one is the ambrosia fungus, some of which are in a symbiotic relationship with ambrosia beetles. The beetle tends to the fungus and brings it to new trees in specialized pouches (the fungus cannot spread otherwise), and the fungus in turn provides food to the beetle.

I want to be a wheelchair-bound, homely ambrosia fungus girl cooking for my beloved ambrosia beetle "wife", who works for both of us, taking me outside for walks and carrying me to our bed every night. At first I would be dismayed at how I'm being a burden on her and try to hide it, but she'd find me crying, kiss me gently and say she loves me no matter what my shortcomings are. Tired from crying, I would then fall asleep on her lap, with her gently patting my head.

If only ;_;

This one has a good story.

>Puccinia monoica is a rust fungus of the genus Puccinia that inhibits flowering in its host plants (those of the Arabis genus) and transforms host behavior in order to facilitate sexual reproduction to pass on its genes. Infection occurs when the fungus sends its throughout the stem of the mustard plant, siphoning off some of the nutrients of its host. However, to reproduce, Puccinia monica must exchange genes with the Puccinia inside another mustard plant. The fungus sterilizes the plant, preventing it from sending up its own flowers. Instead, the fungus forces the infected plant to turn clusters of its leaves into brilliant "flowers".

>These mimetic flowers are identical to others found on the mountains of Colorado, where the mustard plant is found, not only in visible light but also in ultraviolet. Since bees "see" in the ultraviolet range, these flowers are more attractive to the pollinating insects. In addition, the fungus produces a distinct scent to attract insects; this olfactory appeal has allowed the fungus to evolve and "improve" upon the mimicry system by facilitating proper transfer of fungal spermatia and pollen.

>The bees feed on a sweet, sticky substance that the fungus forces the plant to produce on the imitation flowers. The fungus forces its sperm and its female sex organs into them, so that the bees can fertilize the fungus as they travel from plant to plant.

Imagine a fungus growing on you, castrating you and turning into a perfect imitation of a womb and breasts. It then forces you to fuck thousands of people, passing gametes onto the dicks of those men in hopes of them fucking other fungus-implanted "females" like you and fertilizing other fungi. You also lactate.

Well, that's not a proper analogue (flowers don't exactly fuck pollinating insects, neither is milk given off to attract males) but it would make quite a fine doujin.