Baraesilia ikamia (BARR-ay-SILL-ee-uh Ih-KAHM-ee-uh)
Baraesilia ikamia (B. ikamia, or simply baraesilia) is a dormant hygroscopic microorganism that amplifies nitrogen and Aré Ega when activated by rhésal. When activated, it is also Ega-epiphytic in general, and will use present Ega to produce a fast-growing, wide-spreading mycelium network whose fruiting bodies can, in turn, further accelerate growth and decay -- both biologically and magically.
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Uses, Products & Exploitation
Several of B. ikamia's properties caught Aguthsha's attention.
Implications for Soil Fertiility:
- Its Are- and nitrogen-amplification and Ega-epiphytic nature enriches even poor soils.
- If particularly concentrated, a reversal of biomineralization could be observed.
- It is hygroscopic even when dormant, but this is amplified once activated and growth of mycelia and fruiting bodies begins.
- Its Are amplification produces water molecules as a byproduct.
- Aguthsha speculated that activated baraesilia could be formed into seeds and either cast from the air into existing clouds, or used to amplify surface water.
- Aguthsha was able to isolate and cultivate highly-concentrated baraesilia in preparation for mass-experimentation with the above, with the goal of gradual and careful activation over time. Instead, she activated all of these concentrated smaples at once, resulting in an 'Are bloom' -- both an eruption of Are that overwhelmed and fractured or outright destroyed existing Ega structures in living things, and a cloud of activated baraesilia spores that accelerated biological growth and decay on contact with moisture.
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History
It was first identified by Aguthsha Intoh exclusively in the endocarps of ikam. 'Baraesilia' is an amalgamation of the Shekoldahn words for 'root' ('bahr'), 'glass' ('aes'san'), and 'weave/weaving' ('shey'bisil'), for its near-translucent glass-like mycelia that tended to form complex woven networks once activated.
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