[Tech slowly gets up again, glancing back down as the Doctor experiments with the mushroom again. He doesn't quite make a face at the suggestion, finally shrugging as he fixes his goggles, looking to one of the larger ones nearby.]

Doesn't seem like it would hurt...

[He steps over, studying it as he puts away his tools from earlier. How did you even address a mushroom? Diplomacy isn't exactly a strongpoint, and even if the mushrooms have no obvious language he can't help but feel underequipped without his helmet. Taking as deep a breath as he can manage with his mask on, he sighs, looking up at the thing.]

Ah, excuse us for our rude behavior. Obviously we're rather new to this place as a whole, but this is our first venture into your ah...territory? We've been tasked with gathering samples from you for potential medicinal use among other things. Would that be permissible?