A funghoul is a spotted, red-capped mushroom with stalks thick enough to serve as a face and body. It has stubby arms, small feet, sad, yellow eyes, and a fanged mouth with a tongue lolling out. In some spinoff games, it is considered part of the undead family as the Obake (おばけ) in its Japanese name refers to a type of yōkai or ghost in folklore.
Ghastly fungi that thrive in dark recesses. A single sniff of their sporific Sweet Breath is enough to send even the most caffeinated traveller straight to sleep
Notably in this game, Funghouls have the ability to inflict poison on the party instead of putting them to sleep. This is the only game where they do so.
A funghoul began appearing in Version 5.0 of the game, being encountered in the Netherworld and is quite stronger than its typical early game appearances. As always, it is able to put opponents to sleep with their its Sweet Breath.
These great big gurning mushrooms spring up in their dozens in damp locales. They propogate by putting travellers to sleep and seeding them with their spores
Funghoul appears as an E-rank monster of the Nature family. It can be recruited from Chapters 5-7, 7-1, 9-2, 14-1, 14-3, and 14-6 of the main storyline. The Funghoul can participate in Stump chump and Crabid's Battle Roads as a party member.
Max HP +15/Stats Up Crack Res +25/Stats Up Glacier Slash Potency +5%/Stats Up Zam Res +25/Stats Up Glacier Slash Potency +5%/Stats Up
Perks
Basic perks
Glacier Slash Potency +2% N/a N/a
Leader perk
N/a
Awakening perk
Max HP +15: Raises max HP by 15.
Trivia
A funghoul's name is a combination of the words "fungi" and "ghoul", a type of demon from pre-Islamic Arabian mythology that is said to feast on corpses. Its name may also be a pun on the often mispronounced Italian curse word "fongool", or "vaffanculo".