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Mushrooms of the Day
Amanita cokeri
A white mushroom with big warty bits and a flaky stalk. It looks kind of like an all-white Amanita muscaria. Nobody knows if it’s poisonous or edible, but I wouldn’t want to take a bite and find out! A surveillance mushroom that is worried about Agnes’s personal and psychological state.
“Leave the reporting to me!” it cried, sprouting on Cesar in response to Agnes’s request and putting out the summons to the other mushrooms. “Come to think of it, I should have sprouted on Claude as well and summoned him,” it reflected. An excellent summoning mushroom always trying to optimize its work.
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 may 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 left the summoning work to the Amanita cokeri, instead focusing on mushroom troop selection and field observation. On top of Ciel’s head, it spread its cap a little wider as Claude stroked it, his eyes fixed on Agnes.
Nameko
A slimy mushroom with a reddish cap. It often grows in clusters. It’s an affordable grocery item, loved by the whole family.
It rushed to Agnes’s aid in a crisis and produced more slime than ever—of the shoe-ruining kind. It’s a member of the Wood Deterioration Club. “I’ll stop you in your tracks!” it said, releasing a huge amount of goo, so much goo that it almost gooped itself to death.
Macrocybe gigantea
A giant mushroom that can grow from 10 to 30 centimeters wide with a chrome-colored cap. They’re all gigantic, but some are really huge. There are records of them weighing from 10 to 100 kg. Although they are edible, they must be cooked. As they grow larger, they start to smell and become less tasty.
Using its huge body to help with the attack on Agnes’s behalf, one wonders just how big they can really become.
Galerina fasciculata
The Japanese name includes the word “Cholera” to indicate its poisonous nature. Of course, as the name comes from the infectious disease cholera, the effects it causes upon ingestion are similar to those of cholera.
Upon consumption, consumers suffer diarrhea but soon recover. However, a few days later they go on to develop fulminant hepatitis and kidney failure, leading to death. The poison is so potent, it can’t be removed through heat cooking. Although it resembles popular edible mushrooms such as Nameko and Enokitake, it is deadly poisonous, so be careful.
“Today, I’m going to spread my poison at double speed!’’ claimed the elite mushroom with an in-mouth kamikaze attack.
Clathrus Ruber
This mushroom has a red lattice-like appearance and resembles a baby’s rattle. Despite its terrible smell, it was apparently eaten as a medicine in southern Europe. I’m curious about what effects it has… But I’m not willing to try it out.
Cornering the monster with its trademark stench, it cried, “How do you like this stink?!” before being knocked over by the monster’s paws.
Char-Grilled Mushrooms
The heroes who completed the mission proudly and scattered in the wind, leaving behind a whiff of cooked and burning mushroom scents.
Lactarius aspideus
It has a pale ocher cap that becomes slimy in damp environments. A metamorphic mushroom that oozes a liquid like rice water when scratched and turns pale purple when exposed to air. It has a bitter taste and is not suitable for eating… It seems that the mushroom braves have been taste-testing again.
“Don’t get in Agnes’s way. I’ll stain your clothes!” it yelled in excitement. Actually, it had always wanted to try dyeing clothes.
Hydnellum peckii
A white fleshy body with bloodlike juice oozing out. Like a bleeding tooth! It’s supposed to be edible, but bitter. Those mushroom maniacs have been at it again!
It dyed Philip’s clothes red, but its liquid has antibacterial properties, so it’s actually rather a kind mushroom.
Astraeus hygrometricus
It looks like a starfish with a globe in the middle or a peeled orange. When it ripens, a hole opens up in the middle of the ball and spores are released. It’s technically edible, but not really eaten.
While scattering the spores on Philip’s clothes, made wet by the juices of other mushrooms, it also secretly sprinkled spores on his hair to make it look gray.
Lactarius torminosus
An orange-tinged mushroom with a cap that can transform into a flat, funnel, or bun-like shape. It has a strong, hot taste. So, if you taste heat, don’t eat it as it causes gastrointestinal poisoning. In fact, it’s always better not to go putting mushrooms in your mouth if you’re not sure what they are.
A brave mushroom that attacks Philip’s mouth and stops him in his tracks with its spiciness.