Big Horn Bear Moss

The Big Horn Bear Moss is a type of moss that primarily grows on the horns of a Big Horn Bear Moss and it only appears in the 1999 anime adaptation.

Appearance
The Big Horn Bear Moss has a near-exact appearance of regular moss only with slight differences.

Hunter Exam arc


After unanimously failing every single examinee in the 2nd Phase of the Hunter Exam, the abrasive examinee #255 named Todo besmirches the Gourmet Hunter name which infuriates one of the examiners named Menchi. So to prove what it's like to be a Gourmet Hunter, Menchi proclaims that within one she'll bring back a special parting gift. Menchi then goes on an excursion to the Raoul Mountain that's across the Milsy Wetlands to procure some moss from a Big Horn Bear. She finds and briefly fights one, managing to deftly slice off a stash of moss from one of its horns.

Before her self-imposed, one-hour time limit was up, Menchi returns to the exam site with a small bottle of Big Horn Bear Moss. She then dices the moss up and sprinkles it over a plate of rice and tries to serve it to Todo, who refuses to it as it's moss, so examinee #405 Gon eats it instead. His opinion on how the dish tastes taste is ambivalent as in his opinion it tastes "Mysterious". Menchi goes onto elaborate about the Big Horn Bear's background and how Gourmet Hunters around the world drool over the magnificent taste of the moss. On the other hand, Todo is still unconvinced and continues to besmirch the name of Gourment Hunting.