Planet Shummoor



Planet Shummoor is the second planet that the crew of the Astra visits on their trip back home.

Physical Characteristics
It appears as a relatively barren planet, covered with some kind of soft moss. The moss is soft enough for a human to sink into. The ground is brown with occasional green vegetation. The sky is pale.

Habitability and Life
It has a few edible lifeforms. The major lifeform on this planet are the giant mushroom stalks that release poisonous spores into the air when it feels threatened. Its name is an anagram of "mushroom". The antidotes to the poison spores are yellow fungi that are also growing on the planet. The mushroom will only produce the fungi if a creature is poisoned. Otherwise, the plant will not spontaneously produce flowers only for no one to eat it.

"Gruppies" is the name given by Group B-5 to the bird-like herbivores that inhabit the planet. They are completely tame when encountering the members of Group B-5 despite humans being a whole new species that probably never set foot on the Gruppies' territory. They are also helpful to the students, carrying them with the food they collected back to the ship. They possess intelligence as they have to be able to recognize the spaceship as the students' destination in order to take them there.

Moons
The planet has one moon.