Plant Specimens of Concern

A number of the Rangatiri, after examining Audrey III, have theorized connections between plant and fungus species in their groves that exhibit odd supernatural properties. Some have appeared recently; others have been known for generations. The druids have offered to send assistants to make safely prepared cuttings for Seymour's studies.   Cuttings are sorted into levels according to their possible potency and danger. You may choose up to 50 levels of cuttings for study, which will be ready by the morning of the second day of the Conclave.  

• Shaggy ink cap (Coprinus comatus) whose spores emit green sparks that often jump to other plants nearby
• Lava apple shrub (Solanum viarum) that shoots thorns several feet away
• Broward's spike (Tillandsia ionantha) that occasionally causes its entire tree to glow violet (1)
• Purple lady orchid (Guarianthe skinneri) that emits a mild neurotoxin from a distance (1)
• Queen's ruff mushroom (Sparassis spathulata) that turns blood-red the night before storms (2)
• Chicken-of-the-woods (Laetiporus sulphureus) that is unusually difficult to harvest, as it is perpetually blurry (2)
• Trumpet honeysuckle (Lonicera sempervirens) whose scent recalls memories of a past life (2)
• Tree's ear (Sparassis cystidiosa) that whispers feverishly in an unknown language, and is freezing cold to the touch (3)
• Malabar spinach (Basella alba) that grows faster when its leaves are damaged (3)
• Silver-leaved air plant (Tillandsia argentea) whose center sprouts stinging wasps of an unrecognizable species (3)
• Hanging moss (Tillandsia usneoides) that causes immediate fatigue when touched with bare hands (3)
• Greenshield lichen (Flavoparmelia caperata) that is seemingly impervious to burning, freezing, poison, or rot (4)
• Horsehair lichen (Bryoria fremontii) that periodically announces predictions for the future; all have come true (4)
• Alcohol inky cap (Coprinopsis atramentaria) that dims all light around it and has an unusually astringent smell (4)
• Brain coral mushroom (Sparassis laminosa) that babbles constantly in Celestial, Infernal, and unknown languages of Beyond the Beyond (5)
• Common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) that recently sickened an entire village with a variety of mysterious illnesses (5)
• Bitter melon (Momorica charantia) whose consumption induces lucid dreams remembered perfectly upon waking (5)
• Cauliflower fungus (Sparassis crispa) whose spores induce strange, long-lasting compulsions when inhaled (5)
• Stinging nettle (Urtica dioica) with unusually large spines that grow suddenly and ambush passersby (5)
• False chanterelle (Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca) of an unusually vivid scarlet; identical colonies grow on all maple trees in Tontuwa Grove (5)
• Scarlet running beans (Phaseolus coccineus) that creates a temporary psychic link between those who eat from the same cluster of pods (5)
• Southern arrowwood (Viburnum dentatum) that expresses "preferences" for certain druids and attempts to attack others (6)
• Climbing tomato varietal (Solanum lycopersicum) that caused a mass outbreak of dancing in the village that cultivated and harvested it (6)
• Pink quill bromeliad (Wallisia cyanea) that grows on every tree in every , regardless of climate (6)
• Nasturtium (Tropaeolum majus) flowers that bloom only on the Ethereal Plane, but are still visible on the Material (6)
• Mock orange (Maclura pomifera) that has started growing in thick, impenetrable, thorny walls overnight (6)
• Destroying angel (Amanita virosa) that kills at a single touch if not properly warded against (7)
• Jonghe's orchid (Cattleya jongheana) that drastically changes its surrounding terrain for days at a time (7)
• Black fungal colony (species unknown), matching a description previously not recorded outside of the Death Dells of The Abyss (7)
• White honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica) that temporarily drew all gnomes in a village into a mind-controlled cult (8)
• Lungwort lichen (Lobaria pulmonaria) that saps all free will and intelligence from those who touch it, often permanently (8)