White Stagshorn Fungus

A rather unfortunate way to go.

General Description and Usage

This fungus, which grows primarily in warmer climates, resemble the antlers of the forest stags. This also happens to be the planet's most poisonous fungal growth. Many an assassin in use this fungus as a poison in battle and espionage. Boiling down a handful of its branches will create enought poison to kill 10 grown men. This poison has to be ingested for it to take effect. Generally untraceable and widely unknown except to expert assassins.

Effect

The effect that the mushroom has on the body right before the person's untimely demise is that they lose touch with reality and often tend to hallucinate. The victims all experience a similar pattern of: A fever followed by 'seeing dead loved ones' and then they lose the ability to distinguish between what is real and what is not, followed by their demise.