Luminous Cap

Basic Information

Anatomy

The cap is a mushroom that grows on trees and rock walls, the cap is relatively flat, with no stalk and is a greenish blue in colour on top with a white-ish underside.

Biological Traits

The mushroom is known to emit a faint greenish blue glow which is useful when it grows on cave walls.

Genetics and Reproduction

The mushroom reproduces like any others by releasing spores into the air. These spores are often illuminated by the cap's bio-luminescence, sparkling slightly, which can attract some animals, which the spores land on and are transported elsewhere via the animal.

Growth Rate & Stages

The mushroom takes about 7 days to reach full maturity.

Ecology and Habitats

The caps like to live on rocks walls and on trees, preferably if there's moss around too.

Additional Information

Domestication

The town of St Camrynne's have cultivated the species and farm them, growing the mushroom on trees and the back of giant sloths. However this is the only known case of purposeful domestication.

Uses, Products & Exploitation

When ground into a dust-like powder, the mushroom can be used in alchemy as an ingredient when making potions of heroism. The mushroom is also used in certain specialized teas and can be cooked and eaten.

Geographic Origin and Distribution

found all over the continent of Zacan with denser concentrations found in the forests of Lyrinthia and the mountains of Vogrhia.

Average Intelligence

None

Symbiotic and Parasitic organisms

When attached to a tree the mushroom can be parasitic, seeping nutrients from its host. The same happens when growing in the fur of a giant sloth.

Scientific Name

Agricus Luminous

Lifespan

one month

Conservation Status

While relatively rare, the species is not endangered, nor under active conservation

Average Height

two inches

Average Length

one foot diameter

Body Tint, Colouring and Marking

The cap usually has a greenish blue in colour on top with a white-ish underside. These colours can change slightly depending on health and diet of the mushroom, but normally stay with in the blue/green range of the spectrum. The mushroom emits a bio-luminescent light that matches the cap's colour.