Inhaling large amounts of its spores will put you into a trance. Sometimes, if Shroomer appears motionless, it's not because it's mimicking a mushroom, but rather because it's high off its own spores.
Shroomer's name is a portmanteau of shroom and boomer (meaning large or notable of its kind). Shroomer as a slang means "A person who consumes hallucinogenic mushrooms for their effects."