Puffstalk

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.

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

• Brilliant Garden
  • Mushroom Valley: In this area, its den contains three holes. When it is defeated, it drops the Constitution Gate.
• Lushlife Murk
  • Burning Bog: It now dwells within four holes. When defeated, it drops the Tangerine Paste.

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?”

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 comes from Aspergillus, a real-world genus of fungi. Rubedronis is most likely a combination of the Latin ruber, meaning "red", and podronis, the specific epithet of the Puffstool's unofficial scientific name.
• Internal names: Unknown.
• Prerelease: None.

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  The first Puffstalk's den, in the Mushroom Valley.

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  The second den, in the Burning Bog.

Trivia

• Puffstalks actually have small stubby legs, much like Puffstools. This is only easy to see in the Creature Log.

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

• Puffstool
• Toxstool