Fungal Infection text correlation to Spore colors?

[uvarovite]

I just started playing this game again and encountered a mushroom area with Giant Dragonflies infected with fungus. One clearly says Mumble Mouth in RED text when I look at it. Does that mean that the RED spores from Brooding Mushrooms gives me Mumble Mouth? Or is it unrelated and I still have 3/4 chance of shooting myself in the foot with the RED spores?

[uvarovite]

The color of the text, for different infections, has nothing to do with what what color of spores will infect you with them.
Brooding Mushrooms

What is the best slot for infection is my next question. If I have multiple arms I would go for 1 of the hands.
But with 1 set of arms I would go for the Glove/Gauntlet slot (Worn on hands).
Opinions?

[fulf]

Text color is always the same for infections and can't be used to predict which color causes which infections. But the fickle gill puff color changes, if I'm not mistaken.

I could be wrong but I believe (from what people have said and my own experimentation) that which puff-color causes which infections is randomly seeded at generation.
So if a brooding rosepuff causes you mumble mouth in one playthrough, all brooding rosepuffs in that specific playthrough will cause the same infection. If you start a new character, it might be different.

I don't think you can choose which limb is colonized? Outside of one specific circumstance. I prefer the face because I'm a sucker for AC bonuses and facial AC bonuses are rare to come by, but by mid-to-late-game the face can be an important limb to keep free for equipment. So an arm is my second priority. If you're a chimera and have mutated a fungal outcropping, I believe those have priority and will be infected first.

[uvarovite]

This is some grade A information! Thank you