Shadow-shroom

Shadow-shroom is the third plant obtained in Modern Day in Plants vs. Zombies 2. It explodes into poison once a zombie touches it, which does damage to them over time. If powered by a Moonflower, this poison can spread to zombies nearby. However, only the zombie who ate it can spread the poison.

Almanac entry
Sun cost: 50

DAMAGE: Huge

RANGE:  Touch

RECHARGE:  Mediocre

Shadow-shrooms poison zombies who eat them, inflicting damage over time.

SPECIAL:  powered Shadow-shrooms make poisoned zombies poison other zombies.

Despite being such a poisonous profoundly inedible fungus, Shadow-shroom is nonetheless a total cutie-pie.

Plant Food
Poisons every zombie on screen. Zombies already poisoned will take a lot of damage and then have their poison effect removed.

Strategies
A powered Shadow-shroom is particularly powerful when paired with slowing plants, defense, or speedy zombies. Powered Shadow-shroom is powerful with Hurrikale if the Hurrikale pushes back the poisoned zombie.

Garlic or Sweet Potato can be used to bunch up zombies, making a powered Shadow-shroom more effective.

Since Shadow-shroom bypass zombies' armor and other protective items, it can be very useful aganist strong zombies. Pharaoh Zombies, Poncho Zombies, Jurassic Fossilheads, and Blockhead Zombies are the best targets for this plant since prementioned reasons.

Trivia

 * When a Mecha-Football Zombie is poisoned by Shadow-shroom, the goop only gets on its windshield.
 * When an armored Zombie is poisoned by Shadow-shroom, regardless of their armor, they will die the same way as a basic zombie and their armor will fall off, intact.
 * Recently planted Shadow-shrooms on shadow tiles, when eaten by zombies after planting, will not have the boost effect.