MICAPRA

(to be redesigned)

ANATOMY

Micapra, clearly, are very mushroom-like. They have a cap "hat" (it's attached to their heads, so don't try to take it off!), and the lower half of their body is made out of just mycelium, twisted into the form of legs and a branching tail. They have two sets of ears, one coming out of the top of their cap and the other below it, and two sets of whiskers on their cheeks. Micapra have a "mane" on their necks, perhaps to imitate some species of fungus (even though not all fungi have something like it, but all micapra do, even if it's minimal). Their hands are prehensile and have four fingers, including a thumb. They're very good at manual tasks!

LIFE

Micapra are omnivorous and can truly eat anything, even decomposing food.

Their reproduction is, quite frankly, stupidly complicated. A single micaprum has genetic material from both their parents, as well as the genome of a fungus. The spores that are released from their caps contain only the fungus genome. After the fungi had some time to grow, micapra can attach a torn off piece of their mycelium tail to the mycelium of the fungus. Then, the fungus will fruit, and the mushroom will slowly develop into a young micaprum. This process requires two micapra to attach pieces of their tail to the fungus, as just one micaprum's genetic material will result in a fungus mimic.