Snottite (en.wikipedia.org)

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Sounds more like a Dungeons and Dragons monster than a real thing. Roll to avoid an acid-based critical hit, or something.

Snoticle!

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Just when you thought spelunking couldn't get any more terrifying you see this. You're stuck, wedged between two rocks, AND acid is eating away at your body.

I couldn’t believe that these were named after the Bohemian bacteriologist Hans-Otto Snottite.

The associated cave, Cueva de Villa Luz [1] wouldn't feel out of place in any decent DnD campaign either.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cueva_de_Villa_Luz (see german article for more details)