Puffstalk In-game icon.
A Puffstalk.
Appears in Hey! Pikmin
Scientific name Aspergilla rubedronis
Family Sporovid
Areas Mushroom Valley, Burning Bog
Attacks None

The Puffstalk (ボケエリンギ?, lit.: "Stupid King Trumpet Mushroom") is a rare, mushroom-like enemy found in Hey! Pikmin. It looks like a smaller relative to the Puffstool, and harmlessly dwells within holes in walls. Out of the two that appear in the whole game, one drops the Constitution Gate while the other drops the Tangerine Paste when defeated.and it maybe a juvenile Puffstool

Stats

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Weight Max.
carriers
Seeds Value Health Regen.
N/A N/A N/A   × Unknown Unknown Unknown

Behavior

The Puffstalk is a docile creature that can be found within holes in walls. It has no attacks, and its own means of defense is to disappear and reappear between various nearby holes.

Locations

Strategy

The Puffstalk is quick, but it only has so many holes it can pop out of. It is fairly predictable in its patterns, and can be taken out by simply hitting it with Pikmin whenever it reveals itself.

Notes

Hey! Pikmin logs

A mysterious creature that likes to pop out of its next and then go right back in. It's bent on collecting energy-rich objects, but then, so am I, hmm?

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Trivia

  • The Puffstalk is the first member of the Sporovid family to appear in a Pikmin game in 16 years.
  • Puffstalks actually have small stubby legs. This is only easy to see in the Creature Log.

Naming

See more: Sporovid family#Naming.
  • Common name: Puffstalk. The name is derived from the "Puffstool", a similar, mushroom-like creature. "Stalk" implies it does not grow past its stem-like body, which it does not seem to do.
  • Japanese nickname: ボケエリンギ?, lit.: "Stupid King Trumpet Mushroom".
  • Japanese name: アカボケキノコ?, lit.: "Red Stupid Mushroom".
  • Scientific name: Aspergilla rubedronis. Aspergilla derives from the real-world "aspergillus" genus belonging to species of fungus.
  • Internal names: Unknown.
  • Prerelease: None.

Names in other languages

Language Name Meaning
  Japanese ボケエリンギ?
Boke Eringi
Stupid King Trumpet Mushroom
  Dutch Schietzwam Rushshroom
  French Champicète From champi (shroom)
  German Puffpilz Puffshroom
  Italian Amanita cucù Cuckoo amanita
  Korean 멍텅새송이버섯
  Spanish Champidorreta From champi (shroom)

See also