This tiny creature is known to enter unwitting creatures via the mouth. Later the creature climbs up to the nasopharynx and
promptly attaches itself to it, then a needle containing a specialized toxin is inserted and will reach the brain stem.

The victim will find that breathing via the nose a little difficult as the immediate symptom. After a week the victim will start exhibiting symptoms of dizziness, fatigue, and minor hallucinations. After two weeks the victim will start to experience a severe rash located in the chest and eyelids. Three weeks in, symptoms of broken skin and painful sores appear where rashes used to be. As an added effect, the person now has vivid hallucinations and no longer is able to communicate. Week four, the victim no longer have any brain activity. As for the rest of the body, spores grow out of the broken skin.

Removal of the parasite is physical, and needs for the patient to be sedated. Post-removal the patient is treated for any ailments that the mushroom tick may have caused.