"Like the branch doesn't want to touch it." The trees were screaming bloody murder whenever someone got close to them with superpowers, so Nita didn't find it completely weird that they might have some volition.

More slowly this time, Nita held the broken branch out towards the fungus, and sure enough, the twigs at the end curled out of the way in an attempt to avoid contact with the glowing mass.

"...Okay, that's pretty freaky."