No one knows when the Myconid came into existence, not even the Myconid themselves. It is likely that it happened after the cataclysm when rotting forests were in abundance, but they could have existed in much smaller numbers before. It is not something the Myconid themselves care for and they are a race that tends to keep to themselves in the dead forests that span that land, the few others choose to settle in.

The Myconid are small and lightweight, looking how you would expect sentient fungi to look. They come in varying sizes depending on the mushroom that they are, with a cap and fleshy bodies with often stumpy legs and arms. They don’t have hands in the same way humans do, many having a thumb and single finger, like a stump with a thumb. This gives them more difficulty doing tasks that require hand dexterity / multiple fingers. Most are plain and simple browns and whites, with a few with brighter red or yellow caps. Their eyes are set just below this, round and black, and their thin mouth is just a line. They have no noses and thus cannot smell. Myconid don't have a gender, though those that venture out of the large dead forests and into other settlements often choose to go one way or another (though a few remain neutral). The majority, around 80%, of Myconid are a poisonous type of mushroom. This discourages creatures that inhabit deadwood from eating them and is generally the most relied on survival method for the many that don't learn how to fight.

They are physically frail and weak, without bones and with an inability to build muscles. The rare Myconid that become warriors do it through training and skill rather than physical advantage. However, they have a very high pain tolerance and the ability to survive much more than most races. They don’t exactly have “vital organs” in the same way others do, though it is very easy to cut up and kill a Myconid. They could have all their limbs removed and survived, seeing as they don’t really bleed, but it wouldn’t take much to cut through their body or cut off their cap (which serves as a head equivalent). They don't feel pain in the same way those with complex nervous systems would, it's rather a discomfort of something being lost. Along with this they do have some form of healing factor - if a thumb was removed, it would grow back in a few days, and a limb could grow back in two to four weeks dependent on how much is cut off.

Myconid are short lived and mature quickly. They spend the first two years of their life growing underground or buried in dead wood, going from a spore to a sentient fungus. These two years are the safest, assuming what they are buried in can provide them with enough nutrients to grow. After this is the most dangerous time for a young Myconid when they are maturing and easy prey for anything that may wish to eat or kill them (and much less poisonous than a mature Myconid). Only about 1/10 (at best) survive until the age of six, when they are fully mature and by then well versed in survival. Some young Myconid gather together, but this rarely helps their survival chances. The secret of Myconid not being wiped out as a whole is their often single minded goal of creation of the next generation, and the ability to lay down hundreds of spores. Few reach the end of their life expectancy, but as long as they didn’t die in vain, it is alright.

There's not really a sense of unity among the Myconid. While they won't attack each other, they tend to be a solitary race, occasionally forming smaller groups with similar mushroom types. Family isn't a thing to a Myconid since they rarely even know who their parent was. Any grouping is normally circumstantial and often between younger Myconid, as they grow older they feel less ties to others. However there are some exceptions. Where most Myconid are peaceful, there are small groups (often non poisonous types) who form groups. These are much more bloodthirsty and the Myconid most likely to venture out of the sprawling, rotting forests.

Myconid gain sustenance in two ways. The first is their preferred method, putting down their mycelium into the ground, or dead and rotting wood, and absorbing the nutrients within it. In the large dead forests of Deadwood they thrive like this, and can store this nutrient on their bodies enabling them to go for almost weeks without eating more. The other, much less efficient, way is to eat like most humanoid races. There is nothing special about this aside from being less efficient and storable, and Myconid’s weird preference for rotting food.

Myconid are not the smartest of races. The number of Myconid that have learned to read can be counted on one hand. Adept at survival in tough circumstances but fairly simple minded in other aspects sums them up fairly well. They are spread across the dead wood forests, and there is very rarely one without a Myconid within it.