Af­ter the comet had passed, all the plan­et's re­searchers con­clud­ed its strange green dust had no ef­fect on the world. None no­ticed that tiny plants and fun­gi were act­ing strange­ly. Mush­rooms, cac­ti, kudzu and oth­er for­mer­ly-​nor­mal plants had awo­ken to full con­scious­ness. Tribes quick­ly formed among the var­i­ous mush­room species: the prim­i­tive Bo­letes, the ag­gres­sive Aman­i­tas, and the in­ven­tive Morels. With na­tions formed, war in­evitably fol­lowed.

Af­ter the comet had passed, all the plan­et's re­searchers con­clud­ed its strange green dust had no ef­fect on the world. None no­ticed that tiny plants and fun­gi were act­ing strange­ly. Mush­rooms, cac­ti, kudzu and oth­er for­mer­ly-​nor­mal plants had awo­ken to full con­scious­ness.