Creeping Rot

Creeping Rot is a devious fungus that disguises itself as the perfectly edible Traveler's Cap but this mushroom is far from edible. The growth takes root in the insides of its victims, creeping and growing throughout its host. Within a week without treatment, a host will find themselves delirious with vivid hallucinations, fever, the blood cough, clouding of the eyes and intense abdominal pain. It is not a pleasant process and through my observations, a subject is quite literally devoured from the inside out. The lucky ones die before the fungus bursts from their abdomen as if it were soil, the entire time it replaces the function of organs and blood vessels. Keeping its victim as a living meal to consume as it desires while they only grow weaker until finally finishing its meal and turning into a hard, hollow cacoon where once a man was suffering an indescribable hell. The only treatment for Creeping Rot is sadly a battle of constitution, the cure for the fungus is a poison concocted from the venom of a Rock Hopper and is just as damaging to the person as it is to the fungus. Their only hope is that they outlive the fungal growth, taking daily doses until color comes back to the eyes and the fever has broken. Many have not survived this treatment but it a death either way, but the poison is far quicker.