# Amber Veil ![[Amber Veil.png|right|200]][[Amber Veil.png|Amber Veil]] is a translucent, amber-colored fungus that forms thin, veil-like sheets over trees, rocks, or the ground. When sunlight hits it, the fungus glows softly and creates a warm, golden light. Found in ancient forests or secluded groves where sunlight filters through dense canopies. It often grows on ancient trees called [[ambervein_tree_stats.pdf|Ambervein Trees]] and is guarded by [[ambervein_sapling_stats.pdf|Ambervein Saplings]]. **Effects:** Prolonged exposure to the Amber Veil can cause lethargy and a reluctance to leave the comfort of its warm light, leading to a loss of ambition and energy. | | | |---|---| |**Protection**|The Amber Veil can be used to create a protective barrier that shields against harmful magic and environmental dangers. When mixed with other ingredients, it can be brewed into potions that provide temporary resistance to magical attacks.| |**Preservation**|The fungus has preservative properties, capable of halting decay and keeping organic materials fresh for long periods. It’s often used by herbalists and apothecaries to preserve rare herbs and alchemical ingredients.| # Bloodveil ![[Bloodveil.png|right|150]][[Bloodveil.png|Bloodveil]] is a dark red mushroom with a thick, velvety cap that seems to pulse faintly. The stem is short and stout, with deep crimson gills beneath the cap. Grows in dark, damp places, often near sites of ancient battles or where blood has been spilled. **Effects:** Consuming too much can cause blood clotting disorders, leading to a risk of strokes or heart attacks. | | | |---|---| |**Healing**|The Bloodveil can be used to create potent healing potions that rapidly clot blood and mend wounds.| |**Poison Resistance**|When ingested in small quantities, it grants temporary resistance to blood-based toxins and poisons.| # Dreamspore ![[Dreamspore.png|right|150]][[Dreamspore.png|Dreamspore]] is a delicate mushroom with a pale pink or lavender cap covered in fine, shimmering spores. The stem is thin and slightly flexible. Found in magical forests, particularly near ancient ruins or places with strong magical energy. **Effects:** Overuse can lead to addiction and difficulty distinguishing dreams from reality. | | | |---|---| |**Dream Induction**|The spores of the Dreamspore can induce vivid dreams or visions when inhaled or consumed. These visions can offer insights, memories, or even glimpses of the future.| |**Potion Ingredient**|Can be used in the creation of potions that enhance divination abilities or induce sleep.| # Firestalk Fungus ![[Firestalk.png|right|150]][[Firestalk.png|Firestalk]] is a tall, orange-red fungus with a cap that flickers like a candle flame. The stem is dark and charred-looking, as if it has been burned, yet it remains sturdy. Grows in areas affected by fire, such as volcanic regions, the aftermath of wildfires, or near hot springs. **Effects:** Prolonged exposure to Firestalk Fungus can cause the user to develop a high internal temperature, leading to fevers and, in extreme cases, spontaneous combustion. | | | |---|---| |**Fire Resistance**|The Firestalk Fungus can be used to brew potions that grant resistance to fire and heat, making it valuable for explorers of volcanic or desert regions.| |**Flame Enhancement**|The fungus can be added to alchemical mixtures or used in rituals to enhance the power of fire-based spells, causing them to burn hotter and longer.| # Frostcap ![[Frostcap.png|right|150]][[Frostcap.png|Frostcap]] is a small, ice-blue mushroom with a cap that sparkles like frost in the sunlight. The stem is short and frosty to the touch, often covered in a thin layer of ice. Found in cold, snowy regions, often growing near frozen lakes or within ice caves. **Effects:** Prolonged exposure to Frostcap can cause the user’s body temperature to drop dangerously low, leading to hypothermia. | | | |---|---| |**Cold Resistance**|The Frostcap can be used to brew potions that grant resistance to cold and frostbite, making it invaluable for those venturing into icy climates.| |**Cold Enhancement**|The essence of the mushroom can be used to create weapons and armor with ice-based properties, such as freezing enemies on contact.| # Glowcap ![[Glowcap.png|right|150]][[Glowcap.png|Glowcap]] is a small, luminescent mushrooms with a translucent, bell-shaped cap that emits a soft blue or green glow in the dark. The stem is slender and slightly translucent. Found in damp, shadowy forests and caves, often growing near water sources. **Effects:** Overconsumption can cause temporary night blindness and hallucinations of glowing apparitions. | | | |---|---| |**Illumination**| The Glowcap can be used as a natural light source. When harvested, it continues to glow for up to 24 hours.| |**Alchemy**| When ground into a powder, it can be used to create potions of night vision or added to inks to create glowing scripts.| # Golden Spore Puff ![[Golden Spore Puff.png|right|150]][[Golden Spore Puff.png|Golden Spore Puff]] is a round, golden-yellow puffball fungus that releases a cloud of glittering spores when disturbed. The spores hang in the air like dust motes, reflecting light and creating a mesmerizing effect. Found in sunlit meadows or fields, often growing among wildflowers or near beehives. **Effects:** The spores can cause allergic reactions in some individuals, leading to sneezing fits, watery eyes, and difficulty breathing. | | | |---|---| |**Attraction**| The spores have a mild hypnotic effect, attracting nearby creatures or making them more suggestible. The spores are often used in love potions or to calm aggressive animals.| |**Pollination**| The Golden Spore Puff aids in the pollination of plants, making it a valuable resource for druids and herbalists seeking to cultivate rare or delicate flora.| # Golden Trumpet ![[Golden Trumpet.png|right|150]][[Golden Trumpet.png|Golden Trumpet]] is a bright, golden-yellow mushroom with a wide, trumpet-shaped cap that emits a soft, musical hum when the wind passes through it. The stem is thick and spiraled. Grows in sunlit meadows or forests with abundant light, often found near magical springs or fountains. **Effects:** The sound emitted by the mushroom can attract creatures sensitive to magic or sound, potentially leading to unwanted attention. | | | |---|---| |**Sound Amplification**| The Golden Trumpet can amplify sound, making it useful in the creation of magical instruments or for enhancing vocal spells.| |**Healing Sound**| When used in rituals, it can create soothing sounds that promote healing and relaxation.| # Ironshroom ![[Ironshroom.png|right|150]][[Ironshroom.png|Ironshroom]] is a tough, gray mushroom with a cap that resembles tarnished iron. The stem is thick and sturdy, almost metallic in texture. Grows in rocky, mineral-rich soils, often found in mountains or near ore deposits. **Effects:** Consuming raw Ironshroom can lead to severe indigestion and metallic taste in the mouth for days. | | | |---|---| |**Durability**|The Ironshroom can be used to create a potion that temporarily hardens the skin, granting resistance to physical damage.| |**Crafting**|The mushroom’s tough fibers can be used in alchemy and blacksmithing, mixed with metal to create lightweight, durable armor.| # Lunar Mycelium ![[Lunar Mycelium.png|right|150]][[Lunar Mycelium.png|Lunar Mycelium]] is a delicate, silver-white fungus that forms a network of fine threads, resembling a spider’s web. It glows faintly under moonlight, and the threads seem to pulse in rhythm with the lunar cycle. Found in moonlit groves or caves that have openings to the night sky, often near standing stones or ancient, moon-worshipping sites. **Effects:** The mycelium’s connection to the lunar cycle means its potency waxes and wanes with the phases of the moon, making it less effective during the new moon. | | | |---|---| |**Lunar Magic**|The Lunar Mycelium can be used in potions or rituals to enhance lunar magic, granting increased power to spells related to the moon, tides, or lycanthropy.| |**Regeneration**|When applied to wounds, the fungus promotes rapid healing and regeneration, particularly effective when used under the light of a full moon.| # Mindflare Mold ![[Mindflare Mold.png|right|150]][[Mindflare Mold.png|Mindflare Mold]] is a dark purple mold that grows in twisting, brain-like patterns. It gives off a faint, phosphorescent glow and has a slimy texture. Found in deep, dark caves or near sites of psychic disturbances, often growing on stone surfaces or decaying organic matter. **Effects:** Prolonged exposure to the mold can cause headaches, confusion, and eventual madness. | | | |---|---| |**Mind Control**|The spores of Mindflare Mold can temporarily influence the thoughts and actions of those who inhale them. Alchemists and sorcerers use it in concoctions to create mind-affecting potions or to enhance telepathic abilities.| |**Memory Alteration**|When properly processed, it can be used in rituals or potions to alter or erase specific memories.| # Nettlevine Fungus ![[Nettlevine Fungus.png|right|200]][[Nettlevine Fungus.png|Nettlevine Fungus]] is a green, vine-like fungus that creeps along surfaces, covered in tiny, stinging nettles. The fungus is fast-growing and often forms thick mats that can cover large areas. Grows in dense jungles or overgrown ruins, often found in areas where nature has reclaimed man-made structures. **Effects:** The fungus is invasive and difficult to control, potentially overtaking areas where it is introduced and choking out other plant life. | | | |---|---| |**Rapid Growth**|The Nettlevine Fungus can be used to create potions or elixirs that promote rapid plant growth, useful for quickly cultivating crops or creating natural barriers.| |**Venomous**|The nettles contain a potent venom that causes intense pain, swelling, and paralysis. The venom can be harvested and used in poisons or to create weapons with a paralyzing effect.| # Shadowstalk ![[Shadowstalk.png|right|100]][[Shadowstalk.png|Shadowstalk]] is a tall, thin mushrooms with a deep purple to black cap that absorbs light, making them appear almost invisible in low-light conditions. The stem is similarly dark and camouflaged. Thrives in dark, hidden groves, or deep within caves where light is scarce. **Effects:** Prolonged exposure to or overuse of Shadowstalk can cause paranoia, sensitivity to light, and a gradual loss of color vision. | | | |---|---| |**Stealth Aid**|Consuming the Shadowstalk grants enhanced stealth abilities, making it easier to move unseen in shadows.| |**Shadow Crafting**|The essence of this mushroom can be used in alchemical recipes to create cloaks or armor that enhances the wearer’s ability to hide.| # Skycap ![[Skycap.png|right|150]][[Skycap.png|Skycap]] is a small, sky-blue mushroom with a cap shaped like a parasol, often spotted with white or silver. The stem is thin and covered with a soft, fuzzy coating. Grows in open, elevated areas like mountain peaks or floating islands where the air is thin and crisp. **Effects:** Prolonged use can lead to a condition where the user becomes extremely light, making it difficult to stay grounded in strong winds. | | | |---|---| |**Levitation**|The Skycap can be used to brew a potion that allows the drinker to levitate a few feet off the ground for a short duration.| |**Lightness**|When consumed, it reduces the weight of the consumer, allowing them to move more quickly and easily, as if they were lighter than air.| # Sorrow's Bloom ![[Sorrow's Bloom.png|right|150]][[Sorrow's Bloom.png|Sorrow's Bloom]] is a mushroom with a dark, almost black cap that exudes a faint, eerie glow in the shape of weeping faces. The stem is pale and droops slightly, as if the mushroom itself is burdened by grief. Found in graveyards, battlefields, and other places steeped in sorrow and loss. **Effects:** Those who consume it may be overwhelmed by intense feelings of grief and despair, leading to depression or emotional instability. | | | |---|---| |**Emotional Resonance**|The Sorrow’s Bloom can be used in rituals or potions to enhance emotional sensitivity, often used in mourning ceremonies or to communicate with the spirits of the dead.| |**Necromancy**|The mushroom’s essence is prized in necromantic practices, used to connect with the spirit world or reanimate the dead.| # Specter's Lace ![[Specter's Lace.png|right|150]][[Specter's Lace.png|Specter's Lace]] is a delicate, white fungus that grows in intricate, lace-like patterns on dead trees or old bones. It has an ethereal quality, seeming to float just above the surface it grows on. Found in haunted forests, graveyards, or places where the veil between life and death is thin. It often grows near ghostly apparitions or sites of tragic deaths. **Effects:** Prolonged use can cause the user to become partially ethereal, leading to difficulties interacting with the physical world and a growing detachment from the living. | | | |---|---| |**Ghostly Visions**|The fungus can be used in rituals to summon or communicate with ghosts and spirits. When burned as incense, it allows those nearby to see into the spirit world or glimpse past events tied to the location.| |**Ethereal Armor**|When woven into clothing or armor, Specter’s Lace grants the wearer a ghostly appearance, making them harder to detect or hit by physical attacks.| # Voidcap Fungus ![[Voidcap Fungus.png|right|150]][[Voidcap Fungus.png|Voidcap Fungus]] is a black, almost featureless fungus with a cap that absorbs all light, making it appear like a void or hole in space. The stem is similarly dark and has a rough texture. Grows in shadowy, hidden places, often near rifts or areas with connections to the Shadowfell or other dark realms. **Effects:** Extended use can lead to a growing affinity for darkness, causing the user to become sensitive to light and increasingly detached from the material world. | | | |---|---| |**Shadow Manipulation**|The Voidcap can be used in potions or rituals to grant control over shadows, allowing the user to create areas of darkness, hide within shadows, or even travel short distances through them.| |**Dark Vision**|When consumed, it grants the ability to see in complete darkness, as well as the power to see hidden or invisible creatures.| # Whispering Lichen ![[Whispering Lichen.png|right|150]][[Whispering Lichen.png|Whispering Lichen]] is a pale green, feathery fungus that grows in clumps on trees and rocks. It has tiny, hair-like structures that seem to sway even when there’s no wind, creating a faint rustling sound. Thrives in enchanted forests or areas with strong magical energy, often near ancient trees or standing stones. **Effects:** The lichen’s whispers can be disorienting, causing paranoia or leading the listener astray. | | | |---|---| |**Whispering Voices**|The lichen has the eerie ability to mimic the voices of those who have passed away or to convey messages from the spirit world. It’s often used in necromantic rituals or by mediums to communicate with spirits.| |**Camouflage**|When ground into a paste and applied to the skin or clothing, it can provide temporary camouflage, blending the user into their surroundings.| ---