Red / Blue: Burrows to suck tree roots. The mushrooms on its back grow by draw ing nutrients from the bug host.
Yellow +3: Burrows under the ground to gnaw on tree roots. The mushrooms on its back absorb most of the nutrition.
Gold / HeartGold: It is doused with mushroom spores when it is born. As its body grows, mushrooms sprout from its back.
Silver: As its body grows large, oriental mushrooms named tochukaso start sprouting out of its back.
Crystal: The tochukaso growing on this POKéMON's back orders it to extract juice from tree trunks.
Ruby: PARAS has parasitic mushrooms growing on its back called tochukaso. They grow large by drawing nutrients from the BUG POKéMON host. They are highly valued as a medicine for extending life.
Sapphire: PARAS has parasitic mushrooms growing on its back called tochukaso. They grow large by drawing nutrients from this BUG POKéMON host. They are highly valued as a medicine for extending life.
Emerald: A PARAS has parasitic tochukaso mushrooms growing on its back. They grow by drawing nutrients from the host. They are valued as a medicine for long life.
FireRed / X: Growing out of the bug’s back are mushrooms called tochukaso. The mushrooms grow with the bug host.
LeafGreen: Burrows to suck tree roots. The mushrooms on its back grow by drawing nutrients from the bug host.
Diamond +2: Mushrooms named tochukaso grow on its back. They grow along with the host PARAS.
SoulSilver: As its body grows, large mushrooms named tochukaso start sprouting out of its back.
Black +3: Mushrooms named tochukaso grow on its back. They grow along with the host Paras.
Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire: Paras has parasitic mushrooms growing on its back called tochukaso. They grow large by drawing nutrients from this Bug Pokémon host. They are highly valued as a medicine for extending life.
Sun: No matter how much it eats, the mushrooms growing on its back steal away most of the nutrients it consumes.
Moon: Mushrooms called tochukaso sprout from its back. They can be dried and powdered to make a medicine used to extend life.
Ultra Sun: Whether it’s due to a lack of moisture or a lack of nutrients, in Alola the mushrooms on Paras don’t grow up quite right.
Ultra Moon: The mushrooms, known as tochukaso, are controlling the bug. Even if the bug bugs the mushrooms, they tell it to bug off.
Legends: Arceus: Sometimes seen at the foot of trees in humid forests. The mushrooms on its back—called tochukaso—are not present on infant specimens and instead emerge as Paras matures.
