Zorell

The Zorell are a sentient species of fungoid from 47th Florescence, originating from the Centaurus arm of the Milky Way Galaxy.

Biology
The Zorell were predatory thallophyte-creatures though could also be omnivores and were described as parasitic symbiont sapients. They were biogenetic and D-L based species.

Culture
The Zorell were a little known race and considered mythical by other species. Their home on the innermost arm of the galaxy reportedly took 24,000 years, one-way, on an ATMM drive ship cruising at near lightspeed.

For physical transport the Zorell utilized another species know the Bichuen as their hosts.

Source

 * Retread Shop by T. Jackson King (1988)