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Mushrooms of the Day
Lyophyllum decastes
An edible mushroom with an ashy gray umbrella-shaped cap. It looks rather like a shapeless, unenthusiastic Shiitake mushroom. Also known as Chicken of the Gravel. Firm-textured with a rich flavor, it cooks up well. I could go for one right now.
When it heard the new home had a garden with a growing patch, it came to check it out. “It’s not bad, but I prefer Kevin’s patch,” it sighed, already homesick.
Cyathus stercoreus
It looks like a cluster of several metal bottle caps turned upside down. Is it a mushroom? Or some form of moss? If you suffer from trypophobia, it might freak you out. Some people really hate the way it looks. It’s also a strategist, who catches rainwater in its upturned bottle caps. It seems to be used as a medicine for stomach pain in China, but what part of it is eaten? The caps, or…? It needs a high growing location to catch and scatter rainwater.
Gomphus fluccosus
A poisonous red mushroom that resembles a trumpet. It causes gastrointestinal poisoning, but doesn’t have any taste…someone must have tried eating this one. When it realized that it makes no sound despite being trumpet-shaped, due to it being a mushroom, it still couldn’t give up. It tried to trumpet anyway. It’s still training.
It was so excited about the proposal that it started celebrating and making fricative sounds with the Craterellus cornucopioides.
Craterellus cornucopioides
A black, funnel-shaped mushroom resembling a trumpet. Also known as the “Trumpet of Death,” it’s apparently eaten often in Europe. Goes well in a soup. …So why the scary name, then?
While playing a chorus with the Gomphus fluccosus, it decided to practice hard for the upcoming wedding.
Amanita muscaria
Red caps with white polka dots. Like the poisonous mushrooms you find drawn in storybooks. It may resemble the 1-Ups from a certain video game franchise you might have heard of, but you wouldn’t want to try eating a real one! It felt the red filament of fate and sprouted. The mushroom Claude fell in love with. It sent out a request for mushroom cooperation on behalf of Agnes.
The mushroom world received the summons: “Urgent Recruitment! Happy Mushroom Tour to Aid Our Agnes!”
Panellus serotinus
An edible mushroom with a light brown semicircular cap. Under the cap, it has gelatinous scales that can fall off. In cooking, it turns soft and gelatinous, which it’s proud of.
It jiggled gelatinously for Agnes, but then got distracted a little by its own jellification.
Rescue Agnes Squad Members
The mushrooms who participated in the Amanita muscaria’s valiant drive to help Agnes. They’re making the most of being summoned by their queen, Agnes herself.