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Mushrooms of the Day
Mycena lux-coeli
A small mushroom with a cap of about 10 millimeters in circumference, emitting green light from its entire body. It prefers to grow on rotten trees and glows in the dark. The scientific name of Mycena (Mushroom) Lux (Light) Coeli (Heavenly), means “Heavenly Light Mushroom.”
Given the important role of making Agnes’s new home shine, it’s sparkling with excitement.
Resinomycena fulgens
A small white mushroom, about 3 millimeters wide. Although it emits light, the light is weaker than that of the Mycena lux-coeli, so there’s some rivalry there. So many small glowing mushrooms together make the garden look like a galaxy of stars.
It usually only clusters with members of its own family, so it’s excited to be branching out and making new friends.
Mycena lazulina
A mushroom with a deep azure root and a translucent white canelé on top. Looking from the bottom, the canelé part looks like cute round pasta, and it glows yellowish green in the dark. The cap is as small as 1 to 2 millimeters, and it doesn’t have a special taste or smell… So, someone must have tasted it. With good looks, I can imagine a range of promotional goods. Perhaps a pop star career?
It originally planned to serve as a hair ornament or necklace for Agnes, but then it decided it wouldn’t be a bad idea to provide garden light for her as well, so it branched out into a new career.
Omphalotus japonicus
It has a dark brown cap and glows green in dim light. It causes significant gastrointestinal poisoning and has actually killed people.
It was so excited to show Agnes its light on a moonlit night that it started leaking spores everywhere.
Mycena chlorophos
A mysterious mushroom with a white cap that glows green at night. Its glow is said to be the strongest known in the world. It grows after rain or in the rainy season, and lives about 3 days. It’s not poisonous, so you can eat it, but it’s watery and smells of rot. Why are the mushroom braves trying things that smell bad, you may wonder.
It has a luminosity that sets it apart from others, so it’s the right choice as Captain of the Luminosity League. But its tenure is short-lived, so it’s actively searching for a successor.
Geastrum britannicum
It looks like a gray sphere with four white legs and can sometimes resemble a dwarf. At first, it seemed like a type of Geastraceae, but it actually seems like a new species.
“Glowing is nice, but how about a cute art object?” it suggested, and sprouted in the garden, but in the dim light, its dwarflike shape is hard to pick out. A total massacre.
Cuphophyllus virgineus
Milk-white caps. A small and cute mushroom. It’s easy to eat and goes well in vinegared dishes or in a sauce. It blooms when it senses an innocent young woman, and loves to peek at romantic scenes.
“It’s so romantic! More flirting!” It was so excited, it couldn’t stop itself from multiplying in joy.
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.
“I love Agnes! Now all the mushrooms can live together!’’ it cried, dreaming of a new life replete with mycelium.