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Mushroom

The toxic mushroom Amanita muscaria, commonly known as "fly agaric."

A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus (organisms of the kingdom Fungi), typically produced above ground, on soil, or on its food source. Many species of mushroom are edible by humans.

Mushroom in Darkness[]

Mushrooms were a traditional foodstuff for the people of Forthweg, and an important cultural element as well. Forthwegian "how we met" stories often began with the boy and girl picking mushrooms. Most other Derlavaian cultures regarded mushrooms as repugnant.

Ealstan and Vanai met while picking mushrooms, but their road to love and marriage was severely complicated by outside factors.

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