Gherkin is a stout 5 foot with an aged face. Over the years Gherkin has learned how to groom himself to look like a dwarf from a distance. Up close you can see that what look like gray eye brows and beard is actually mycelium, his wrinkly nose is a morel, and even his pale skin is spongy. It looks like he is wearing a lichen ghillie suit with a mushroom hat but these are adaptations he has grown to help protect him from the sun. While he looks old he is actually young for a fungril, 126 years old.