Funglings

Description
First encountered as a purple fungus in one of the Science Labs on Blue Dwarf. The fungus experienced accelerated growth caused by a broken stasis container. The fungus infected the crew and caused them to cough up the small sentient Toadstools. The Toadstools reacted violently to strong alcohol, causing them to dissolve away to nothing. They also had the ability to take on traits of whatever they ate, possibly part of a camouflage or defence system. Larger versions of the creature could also form, that ate the smaller members of the 'hive'. The Dwarfers dubbed them Funglings (or also Funglins), and the name stuck. They were presumably killed off when the Blue Dwarf was flooded with the gas from an ethanol nebula.