Mycelium

This dragon is not eligible for the Watermelons Unite lineage, due to her colours. But with the right mate, her children could be!

"A mycelium is a network of fungal threads or hyphae. Mycelia often grow underground but can also thrive in other places such as rotting tree trunks. A single spore can develop into a mycelium. The fruiting bodies of fungi, such as mushrooms, can sprout from a mycelium."

Tendergold waits with bated breath for the day that one of her children -- or even one of her children's children -- hatches from their watermelon completely healthy, untouched by the wretched rot of their ancestors...

Mycelium breaks through the shell of her watermelon egg, a beautiful, unblemished fruit. Born to an odd combination of a Watermelon and a Root, her parents fretted that the rot that plagued Tendergold's bloodline would reach Mycelium even quicker.

The rot did come, much faster than any others. But, just as fast as it had come, it stopped. Leaving Mycelium wrapped in roots that climbed her legs and wings, curled around her neck.

She had been spared from the decay, most likely a product of her father's heritage. The Root Veggies did not just cover potatoes and carrots, after all, and the fungal mycelia roots growing through her veins fought back against the forgein infection.