JahSepp

Inhabitants of the mycelial network

The beings living within the mycelial network, harmed by Discovery's spore drive, who took Sylvia Tilly to the network to stop what they saw as a monster.

The JahSepp are the native inhabitants of the mycelial network, the realm of fungal life that the spore drive taps to move a ship anywhere. They saw Discovery's jumps as damaging their home and became hostile toward intruders there.
In Saints of Imperfection, a JahSepp disguised as Tilly's childhood friend May took Tilly into the network to deal with a creature that was actually Hugh Culber, preserved after his death. Paul Stamets and Tilly negotiated with the JahSepp, and Culber was returned to normal space.