You cause a body to become bloated with dangerous fungi. Choose a Small or larger corpse within range. Spores sprout from it, rapidly creating a 10 foot radius sphere centered on the corpse that lasts for the duration.

Each creature that starts its turn in the spores or that enters them during its turn must make a Constitution saving throw. On a failed save, the creature takes 2d6 poison damage and is poisoned for 1 minute or until it succeeds a Constitution saving throw at the end of one of its turns. On a successful save, the creature takes half damage and suffers no additional effect.

If a creature dies while poisoned by this spell, roll a d10. On a 5 or lower, that creature's body is also affected by this spell for the remaining duration.

At Higher Levels. When you cast this spell using a 3rd-level spell slot, a roll of 7 or lower on the d10 also causes an additional creature to be affected by the spell upon death. When you cast this spell using a 4th-level spell slot or higher, this is expanded to a roll of 9 or lower. When you cast this spell using a 5th-level spell slot or higher, any creatures affected by this spell due to dying while poisoned are no longer considered part of the spell for the purposes of concentration and duration. Any such creatures are still affected by the spell as normal, but they no longer rely on concentration and will have their own minute-long duration, starting from when they died instead of when the spell was cast.