Then, mushrooms all puffed out spores in unison, like white smoke, and floated away with the wind. When it cleared, the black mist was safely contained beyond the lattice, undulating in only slight, gentle movements.
“It worked…! Spirits! Mushrooms! Thank you!” Agnes was filled with gratitude, and the balls of light glowed happily as the mushrooms released another puff of spores.
“Now, to charge it. Lightning bolt!” Claude cried out, and lightning shot down from the sky, striking the grid.
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Mushrooms of the Day
Amanita muscaria
The knights called Agnes “Mushroom Princess,” which made the Amanita muscaria puff up its chest…er, cap, with pride. When Agnes said that she trusted the mushrooms, it was so happy, spores came out.
Amanita cokeri
It spread out its cap, trying to broadcast Agnes’s big moment to the entire mushroom world.
Clavulinopsis helvola
It’s a yellow, thin-stemmed mushroom that looks like soggy French fries. The Japanese name has the character for “noodles” in it, so you’d think it would be edible, but it’s not considered a worthy foodstuff. Apparently, you need a lot of courage to eat it. It waved its French fries about, showing off how brave it is.
“Fear not, my dear! Mushrooms are here!” it said, encouraging Agnes.
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.
It competed with the Morchella esculenta to see who’d look better on the lattice and ended up in a tangle.
Morchella esculenta
A mushroom with a light brown, bumpy, mesh-like head that rests on a stalk. The cap is light brown to black-brown and looks like the head of a horsetail. There are many similar species, so make sure to judge the wild ones accurately before eating them…What kind of quiz is this? Although it is poisonous if not cooked, it is popular as an edible food in Europe.
As it tangled with the Clathrus ruber mushroom in the lattice, it admired the view, saying, “You’re looking good, Agnes!”
Termitomyces
A mushroom that lives symbiotically with termites. With its brown cap and white stalk, it is as delicious as it looks and is called the king of mushrooms. A fungal garden grown by self-sufficient termites accidentally grew on the ground.
“I’m the King of Mushrooms. I should be in the front!” it cried as it sprouted, but of course no one understood.
Hygrocybe coccinea
A mushroom with a bright red cap, good at growing in clusters. It’s edible, with a nice texture and unique color. This colorful mushroom grew excitedly on Agnes’s lattice as a form of decoration.
Podoserpula miranda
A pink mushroom with five caps growing in a link on the stalk. Or the non-tornado version of the tornado potatoes you see at festivals. These mushrooms are in danger of extinction due to fires and feeding damage from wild pigs, but they don’t care much.
It sprouted for the fun of it, not sure what was going on, but it found itself in the midst of a big lattice mushroom festival. It decided to join in and add a bit of dark pink color to the mix.