Aequo Bloom (Aidon's Fingers)
Cable Knot
Dalstaff
Galva
Geillan Mushroom
Gungle Mushroom
Koliwort
Marching Bamboo
Meesltoe
Montifera Folium
Phoenix Flower
Rein's Horror
Sazbur
Tergan Moss
Name: Called Aidon's Fingers by the devout followers of Andriath but elsewhere is known as an Aequo Bloom.
Class: Flower
Family: Lake Flowers
Locations: Rivers all through Andriath and on the southern tip of Deisach.
Description: Aequo Blooms are a beautiful cerulean to sapphire hued flowers. They have no aboveground stem, but instead bloom from the ground itself. The blooms are cylindrical with small splotches of different blues or greens on the outside. When uprooted, it has a vast network of fibrous roots with a bulb directly below the bloom.
Habitat: The blooms grow only by the sides of water bodies.
Reproduction: The blooms of the plant always hang over the side of a river, and so the parent flower drops its seedlings their so that they may float downstream. Once a seed has become victim to the process of diffusion, the outer casing reacts with an inside secretion of sodium, making a tiny explosion and hopefully jettisoning the actual seed to the shoreline. This method of reproduction being erratic and uncertain, each flower is prepared to set down more than ten-thousand seeds during its lifetime.
Growth: Aequo blooms grow fairly quickly, setting out numerous roots from its initial water-hogging bulb. Once a decent root system is established the cylindrical bloom opens and grows until the plant either lamely tips over, or is hovering over the edge of the nearby lake or stream.
Domestic Purpose: The bulb at the bottom is full of water and is at least twice the bloom size. The fingers are sold to travelers much like bottled water with a slightly sweet taste.
Care and Feeding: Lots of water. Sunlight is helpful, but not overly so. If you want to breed them, make sure that they have access to a small sprinkling of salt and lots of water.
In the Wild: Aequo Blooms die after two years. They are a favorite snack of vegetarian animals, making it hard to survive for much longer. In captivity, this age can be increased dramatically. The private gardens of some of the more wealthy Andriathites hold some Fingers more than seventy years old.
Submitted by Geillan.
Name: Cable Knot
Class: Tree
Family: Tree Cluster
Locations: Valanthusian and Ercusian mountain ranges.
Description: The cable knot looks slightly like a pattern of very thick intertwining vines that straighten out into seperate veins about halfway up. It's branched are often short and stubby, as upwards growth is its main goal. Its leaves are conical and short. Cable Knot is a relatively dark hue.
Habitat: Cable Knot thrives in high places with rocky soil. It seems to grow better in colder areas.
Reproduction: Cable Knot sends out seeds from its conical leaves. The seeds come in ringlets of eight and all have to land intact in order for a Cable Knot tree to grow. The seeds, depending on location either have a small explosion or a small release of air from the central connector of the eight seeds which spreads them apart from the parent tree. The 'male' trees spread their pollen in a similar fashion.
Growth: Each of the eight ringlets start growing at similar rates slowly entwining themselves around each other. Once it reaches about eight feet, the intertwining stops and becomes straight. After about twenty feet, it starts sending out extremely stubby branches while it continues to grow skyward. If Cable Knot becomes too large (thirty-forty feet) it will topple over. The unfortunate occurrence is due to its lack of root depth. The rocky regions it calls home are not prime root growing conditions.
Domestic Purpose: After about 3 years of twining Cable Knot becomes extremely tough, yet light. It is a service to the tree to keep it from growing too tall, lest it uproot itself, so the locals cut off the straightened tops to make high grade staff and pole arm parts. Some people claim that the taste of its sap is delicious.
Care and Feeding: Make sure that it is kept under twenty feet for best aesthetic and industrial purposes. It requires little water, but cold water is recommended. It tends to have poor water retention in areas above 70 degrees. Plentiful sunlight is a must, even if heat is not.
In the Wild: Without outside special intervention, Cable Knot lives to be around forty years old before uprooting itself. About one out of thirty Cable Knot seed grouplets survives its tough starting conditions.
Submitted by Geillan.
Name: Dalstaff
Class: Tree
Family: Tree
Locations: Dalstaff is found across the Dzanatorian isles, especially in low areas with low altitude.
Description: Dalstaff is a rather unremarkable looking tree. It generally grows to around twenty five feet tall with a thickness no greater than a strong man's arm. Its bark is a deceptively wispy cream color, betraying neither the sturdiness of the bark or the relative heaviness of the tree itself. The leaves are long and pronged, like a snake's tongue. They also are a very light yellow green during the spring and summer, changing to a near white in the autumnal seasons. The bark is compact and clamps to the rings steadfastly. It is almost impossible to peel away from the outside. The Dalstaff's branches tend to grow angling towards the ground.
Habitat: Dalstaff seems to gravitate towards low areas such as valleys. It also thrives near freshwater sources.
Reproduction: Galstaff has small pores on its leaves. On the inside of the leaves are either a pollen generator or unfertilized seeds. The seeds are very miniscule, so when the breeze shakes the trees the respective reproductive item out of the leaf to travel through the air. When the seed finds the pollen it grows in a manner most typical of a tree. Occasionally pollen finds itself in the seed pocket. If this is the case, a little bubble will grow on the leaf, eventually attaching itself to the leaf's energy making processes and water flow giving it an accelerated start. This method is used often by Dalstaff growers to maximize the effectiveness of their efforts.
Growth: To mature to full height may take as many as thirty years or as few as twenty depending on how ideal the growing conditions. Some trees fall ill to a genetic sickness, which can be seen in the leaves during the growing seasons and in severe cases on the bark. The bark becomes pockmarked and unsmooth and the leaves grow in white. This means that the tree will most likely not grow past seven or eight feet.
Domestic Purpose: Its remarkable sturdiness makes for a great building material. Those with enough patience can tap the 'glue' that makes the bark stick so closely to the inside of the tree (if they consistantly keep it hydrated). However, it is known most commonly for the leaves, which during the spring and summer months has been rumored to focus the mind. It is used in many folk cures. Some even claim the bark shares a similar quality, but few are willing to chew on it due to it's extreme density.
Care and Feeding: The Dalstaff needs immense amounts of water to actually grow. This reinforces its need to be near freshwater streams or valleys into which rain pools. Make sure that the bark remains unpenetrated for the most part or else the tree will dehydrate. Keep shaded and cool in times of extreme heat.
In the Wild: If left alone for too long in the wild, the trunk will grow too much and crack the bark. Once the bark is cracked, the tree will quickly dehydrate and die.
Submitted by Geillan.
Name: Galva
Class: Tree
Family: Fruit Bearing Trees
Locations: The forests of Andriath.
Description: The Galva tree has a yellow-brown color to its trunk. The leaves are a very light green in the bloom and turn a lemon yellow during fall. The branches split quite frequently, looking like a myriad of forked lightning bolts.
Habitat: Galva trees are found in flat areas, as close to the earth as possible.
Reproduction: The Galva tree grows a spherical fruit which contains anywhere from six to nine seeds. The fruit is multi-colored swirl of green and yellow and is very energizing. Once eaten by an animal the fruit goes through the digestion process. When the outer casing of the fruit is eroded, the inner chamber of the fruit releases a decent sized electric shock, causing the bowels to contract and feces to flying out from the anus. The seeds are now in a different location and have a nice heap of compost from which their new lives can begin.
Growth: The tree likes to stay close to the ground, never growing higher than fifteen feet. After they hit their maximum height, the branches grow outwards until they droop to the ground.
Domestic Purpose: The fruit is used as a purge and laxative.
Care and Feeding: Standard sunlight, water and fertile soil. Using electricity based magic on a young tree seems to make it grow faster.
In the Wild: The trees get struck by lightning far more often than others of the same height.
Submitted by Geillan.
Name: The Geillan Mushroom
Class: Fungus
Family: Mushroom
Locations: In both Deisach and Andriath, mostly at the entrances of caves.
Description: During the day, the Geillan Mushroom would look like your run of the mill mushroom. Shades of white, tan, and brown color it. Its cap is long and flat while the edges often run limp. The stem follows the same set of colors, only generally changing to darker browns when aging. At night, however… Night is where the mushroom shines. Literally. Yes, when the moon and stars glitter the sky, the geillan shroom glows a florescent blue. It shines so brightly that even moths gravitate towards them.
Habitat: Wet and cold, generally. They often line themselves along the edges of boulders.
Reproduction: For the most part, they are very much like the average mushroom. They spread through spores, but it is the way in which they travel that strikes interest. The moths, the geillan mushrooms natural predator, will eat the spores. Whatever spores remain on the moths travel with them, often spreading in only a few feet from whence they came. Over the years, the moths have even begun to glow faint shades of blue in the night.
Growth: Geillan shrooms can live long lives, if potentially untouched. They grow just as any standard mushroom, but over a course of many years, sometimes even being compared to the lifespan of coral. As far as nutrition, only theories rest in the palms of botanists. Most believe it is the moisture from the soil, but others believe that all a geillan shroom would need is a day of sunshine.
Domestic Purpose: To provide light? This is another question that often springs up in the eyes of the curious, but none have yet to get a full grasp. There are many theories, of course. Some believe that the glowing is a defense mechanism. What animal in their right mind would eat a glowing mushroom? Others believe that there is no purpose at all; perhaps the gods are just playing a joke on those that think too much.
Care and Feeding: Nearly everything that has been proven about the geillan mushroom has been previously stated.
In the Wild: Previously stated in other sections.
This is to Geillan, who easily contributed the most to the Flora and Fauna sections of the site. Hope to see you again, bud.
Submitted by Atma.
Name: Gungle Mushroom (gungacus psilocybe semilanceata)
Class: Fungus
Family: Mushroom
Locations: Andriath, in fields along the far western peninsula.
Description: The Gungle mushroom (also called Gungleshroom) is very hard to miss due not only to its flamboyant colors, but its unusual shape. The cap is a deep purple with white flecks spreading from the center as it gets older, along with a coned head that tapers to a nipple shape at the very top. Additionally, while the stem is yellow, its shading gradually develops into the same off-base white as the head along the base.
Habitat: Wet grasslands or places where the soil is loose and damp, supporting lush greenery.
Reproduction: Like all mushrooms, the Gungleshroom's fungoid life cycle serves three purposes: to germinate, to reach maturity, and to release spores. Under the right conditions, these spores settle and grow into more fruiting bodies.
Growth: Gungleshrooms begin life as mycelium--a mass of threadlike filaments that act as a vegetative base. This expands into a bulbous button and eventually develops into the full-fledged cap and stem. Gungleshrooms obtain their nourishment from other living plants, primarily grass. Hence, they can be seen as parasites.
Domestic Purpose: Gungleshrooms contain a compound called psilocybin, a psychoactive alkaloid that, when ingested, will alter the mind significantly. Users will experience hallucinations of varying intensity depending on the dosage. Intellectual and emotional processes may sharpen. Most people will develop the mental capacity necessary to both harness and understand concepts about themselves which are spiritually profound. They may also become incredibly aware of the world around them and be able to experience contradictory feelings simultaneously. The only known bad side-effects are short bouts of nausea and the occasional drowsiness.
Care and Feeding: As stated before, Gungleshrooms grow as a result of absorbing the nutrients in grass. This is because fungus lacks chlorophyll, which enables a plant to produce its own food. In order to cultivate the mushroom, one must first obtain its spores and then place them in an enclosed potting solution (manure works remarkably well) with other plants.
In the Wild: The lifespan of a Gungleshroom may extend anywhere from as little as 2 weeks to as much as 3 whole months, depending on weather conditions and its hosts. Areas with year-round rainfall are good spawning grounds for the mushroom. It will tend to grow in clumps around stalks of grass, though occasionally it will also sprout at the base of trees. Unless one is an experienced mushroom gatherer, picking them is considered dangerous.
Submitted by Disharmony.
Name: Koliwort
Class: Weed
Family: Vine-like shoots
Locations: It grows primarily in the forests of the Earth continent, but has been found in some regions of the water continent as well. It seems to thrive in shaded and cool areas, despite having leaves. Humidity has proven a boon in trying to garden this plant, but its effects are minimal on the overall size and longevity.
Description: A yellow-brown shoot coming about three feet from the ground. It often is not able to support itself, and therefore stretches along the ground. From the various cylindrical knob on the sides of Koliwort grow mintlike leaves (also yelow-brown in color).
Habitat: It seems to thrive in shaded and cool areas, despite having leaves. Humidity has proven a boon in trying to garden this plant, but its effects are minimal on the overall size and longevity.
Reproduction: It has spore based reproduction. Koliwort sends out spores from the knobs on its sides. The spores have a somewhat streamlined wing pattern, allowing them to be tossed into the air at the slightest draft. They generally glide about forty feet from the parental shoot before the winglets detach. Sends out spores twice every year, during spring-like seasons. Not overly common due to sparse sporing.
Growth: It grows about two feet in a year, often spending most of it's energy towards making knoby spore producers and multiple layers of leaves.
Domestic Purpose: It is known to speed the processes of healing, and despite its repulsive odor, is used quite often by earth healers. It is also quite tough, and can be used for rope if necessary (not many people like smelly rope).
Care an Feeding: Like any plant, it requires some sunlight, but it seems to shrivel up if too much heat gets to it. Water intake is above average if the plant is to be healthy. Prefers wooded soils opposed to those environs in which farmers attempt to grow them.
In the Wild: Koliwort seems to live a slow life, often taking years to grow five feet, its maximum length. To compensate, many vines are spawned through its massive amounts of dropped spores.
Submitted by Geillan.
Name: Marching Bamboo
Class: Grass
Family: Bamboo
Location: Andriath, on the eastern coast deep in the moors. Usually found in the wetter areas of the moors as Marching Bamboo loves standing water.
Description: Marching Bamboo grows in single long shafts with several jointed sections. At the top of the shaft there is a cluster of long slender leaves. The colouring of the Marching Bamboo is a yellow-brown with the top shoots a bright yellow-green colour. The shafts of the Marching Bamboo can grow to a height of six feet and the leaves at the top can grow to a foot long. At the base of the shaft there is a large tuberous growth about the size of an ostrich egg which acts as a counterweight to the top leaves. The Marching Bamboo gets its name from its ability to move from place to place. It sends out creeping roots from the base of the plant which allow it limited locomotion from one location to another as it draws the roots tight. For the most part the Marching Bamboo can move a couple of meters per day.
Habitat: As previously stated the Marching Bamboo prefers standing water in damp muddy soil found commonly in the moors of Andriath.
Reproduction: The Marching Bamboo has three ways of reproducing. Every few years or so the Marching Bamboo will grow a single flower at the very top of its shaft. This flower may either be male or female. If it is a female flower and it gets fertilised, then a single seed will drop which will form a new tuberous mass. The second way of reproduction is through the roots. Occasionally a Marching Bamboo will begin to grow a growth on one of its roots which will develop into a new Marching Bamboo plant which will break away from the parent plant once it gains its ability to move on its own. The third way is through sentient interference. If a Marching Bamboo is cut in half and the top half is placed in a puddle then it will grow a new tuberous mass while the bottom half will grow a new top making two plants from one.
Growth: A Marching Bamboo plant can live for around ten years. Over that period it will flower around three times and will usually sprout half a dozen new Marching Bamboo from its roots. It usually takes around a year for a Marching Bamboo to reach full height and will flower for the first time on its second year.
Domestic Purposes: The tuberous mass of the Marching Bamboo is very nutritious and the roots are a very good source of protein. Because of this and its ability to grow in very wet soil makes the Marching Bamboo one of the main crops in the Moors of Andriath. Also the seeds of the Marching Bamboo are rumoured to be a very good aphrodisiac and is believed to cure impotence in older human males. The stalks can also be used as a building material as they are quite tough.
Care and Feeding: The best thing you can do with Marching Bamboo is build a fence around it otherwise it will simply wander off if it feels the need to. Also make sure the Marching Bamboo is in a location that has a lot of standing water otherwise it will try to move off a lot. When harvesting the Marching Bamboo save the top half of the plant and replant it as it will grow into a new Marching Bamboo plant. Keep Marching Bamboo plants away from Nightmare Breeder mushrooms as they will cause the Marching Bamboo to die.
In the Wild: See previous statements.
Submitted by Bulldozer.
Name: Meesltoe
Class: Weed
Family: Parasitic Weed
Locations: Most forests & woodlands around Fou Lu
Description: Meesltoe look like large clusters of moss and leaves - Which they essentially are. ome birds make large bunches of Meesltoe their nests, so eggs are often seen nestled in amongst them. They are naturally dull green in colour, but, when they find a tree suitable to live on, they change the pigmentation of the leaves to match that of the tree they live on.
Habitat: They can tolerate most climates, apart from sub-zero temperatures.
Reproduction: Every four weeks, a light, thin stalk is grown from the centre of a bunch of Meesltoe. at the end of this stalk grows a long seed. The seed resembles a common earthworm. When the wind blows, the thin stalk wobbles which makes the seed look as if it is moving. A passing bird then swwops down and consumes the seed. The seed comes out whole in the bird's excrement onto the ground, where it then grows into an adult Meesltoe without need of burying of watering. If the seed is not consumed within three days, it begins to grow anyway and eventually consumes the adult.
Growth: In the centre is the worm-like seed. From two sides, one opposite to the other, stalks sprout out which then slowly grow outwards to grasp on the nearest tree. When the tree has been found, it begins to grow upwards (Pulling the seed along with it) until in amongst the top teir of branches where, over a period of months, more stalks proceed to grow from the seed (Though these are usually smaller than the first two). It is not uncommon for both the stalks to find seperate trees, in the event of which, both start growing upwards and the Meeseltoe ends up suspended in midair in between the two. There are two types of stalks - Growth and Feeding. Growth stalks have the ability to grow more stalks off them, and Feeding stalks provide nutrients for the plant (More details below)
Domestic Purpose: If a Bunch of Meeseltoe that is found suspended between two trees is found by a male & female dwarf, it is customary to stand beneath it and kiss. The seed is highly poisonous to most creatures, and is so used in many poisons.
Care and Feeding: Feeding stalks inject themselves into a tree branch and 'suck' the nutrients from the tree out. Meesltoe need little water, and the occasional downpour every so often is more than sufficient. Meesletoe are quite hard to grow in a domestic climate, as it would mean having to find a seed having very recently been released being taken and placed near multiple trees. This is difficult as there is no set time for the release of Meesltoe seeds.
In the Wild: A single bunch of Meesltoe lives around thirty years, unless it does not find a tree in a matter of weeks - In which case it dies in approximately two weeks and four days.
Submitted by Invision.
Name: Mortifera Folium.
Class: Weed.
Family: Vines.
Locations: Very rare to be found in any location of particular regions, this species of weed is contained by it's limited reproductive ability. Found generally where corpses have been left to fester in a comunial death, or grave, the decay being an integral part of the germination conditions required for this plant to thrive. Mostly found tangling over the ancient battlefields of long forgotten wars.
Description: The main hulk of this plant is of a long and cylindrical nature, it crawls along the ground, as it's mass of greyish colouring is unable to support vast weight in small areas, instead prefering to coil around itself in tangles to gain sufficient height. Its ridged sides secrete a neurotoxin upon the slightest touch of a warm blooded creature, carniverous in purpose, it kills to nourish itself and keep it flourishing all year round. A series of large thorns often line the main tendrils, and a pleasant odour is often the cause of undue attention being given this toxic plant.
Habitat: Death and the continual nourishment of rotting corpses are all this plant needs to survive, although rare to find it is said to only inhabit the shaded areas where not much sunlight may reach it, preferring a shadowy home, it increases its lure on animals and higher beings by raising their curiosity out of the boundaries any other poisonous plant manages to achieve. Water although not hugely essential to its growth helps mantain its bulkier appearance, and those particular plants which lack it appear thinner and of a darker colouring than its more watered cousins.
Reproduction: The reproduction of this plant is very limited, it relies solely upon the air's ability to land it on an area near to a recent grave, or death so the seedlings can absorb the nutrients found in decaying flesh to initiate it's growth pattern. A single seedling can be carried as far as a mile from the parental plant, as the weight of the seedling is minor, as is its size, easily carried by animals and higher races without notice before falling to a final resting place where either it will flourish into another of these plants, or fail to germinate with the soil's lack of vital nutrients.
Growth: The growth of this plant is rapid, it'll try to entangle as much as possible within it's deadly grip as fast as it possibly can. Its survival depending on how quickly it can choke the life out of its suroundings and only limited when unable to reach beyond what it can ensnare within its poisonous snare.
Domestic Purpose: The only use in domestication this plant has, is for the Necromancer. Used primarily, should you be able to aquire some of it's toxin, to paralyse a victim in order to sedate them for the sacrifice to zombification. Another use for this plant is to use its scent to entice the truth from an unsuspecting liar, the powerful scent is filled with a neural relaxant, making it impossible for the target to resist any suggestive questioning, also useful in aquiring a false confession from somebody.
Care and Feeding: In any case, this plant takes care of itself and most of its visitors, a warning to those who dare, this plant is not a domestic plant and should be left in the wild where it so efficiently fends for itself.
In the Wild: It is rare to find the plant in general, even rarer so is the oportunity to find one freshly growing, researchers are pretty certain that the growth rate is exponential, where the plant has managed to entangle an entire area mere months after having not been in the area previously. Other than that there is not much else that is known about the plant's life time, no conclusive evidence that the plant only lives a short period of time, for all known samples continue to thrive and flourish. Further research is required on this species, it however is difficult to examine under the circumstances of its nature.
Submitted by Peter.
Name: Phoenix Flower
Class: Flower
Family: Flowers
Locations: Mostly fire continent, though it has been known to grow in arid climates with lots of sunlight.
Description: A beautiful flower usually with four to six crimson colored petals and a green stem. Red pollen is located where the petals connect. Generally there are two leaves that stick out from the stem.
Reproduction: Near the end of its life cycle the "pollen" of the flower ignites and the flower is consumed in flames. Once the flames die down a single seed sprouts from the ashes. Hence the name Phoenix Flower. This combustion is caused by an inbalance of chemicals within the flower. As the Phoenix Flower matures it looses trace amounts of certain chemicals that cause it to ignite when the flower reaches a certain point in its life cycle. As for the seed, it is formed when the flower reaches maturity and is stored inside the flower itself until the time of "rebirth".
Growth: It sprouts from the ashes of its former self and, as a seedling, feeds off the nutrients in the soil. It then sprouts from the ground and feeds off the sunlight. This flower generally lives for about two to three years before it ignites.
Habitat: The Phoenix Flower grows in arid climates without much water. It needs plenty of sunlight and so it is seldom found in forests or anywhere where other trees will stunt its growth.
Care and Feeding: Phoenix Flowers require little water to maintain and too much water will quickly kill the plant. It needs to be stored in dry areas with plenty of sunlight. THe flower gets most of its nutrients from the light and so requires little care.
Domestic Purpose: Phoenix Flower petals have been known to strengthen fires and cause them to burn brighter and for longer periods of time. The petals are sometimes used in forges to cause the flames to burn at a higher temperature. Also, the pollen of these flowers has been known to be used in alchemical experiments. It has explosive properties when exposed to high temperatures. The pollen is also sometimes used in poisons and has been known to cause high fevers in those who ingest it.
In the Wild: Phoenix Flowers usually only grow near other flowers of its kind. The rebirth process has been known to cause large scale fires and so there is usually a clearing of other plants around them. This flower basically serves as a means of keeping overgrowth of plants to a minimum.
Submitted by Mael.
Name: Rein’s Horror (also known as Terrorshrooms and Night Screamers)
Class: Fungus
Family: Toadstools
Location: Andriath, on the eastern coast deep in the moors. Usually found on the edges of raised patches of ground where the moisture level is just right for the Nightmare Breeder to flourish.
Description: Large dinner plate sized, brown and smelly mushrooms with little short dark brown stalks. They are easily recognized by their smell of rotting flesh and their greasy, slimy feel. When they first surface they are often clumped together in large groups of tiny yellow brown mushrooms but once the first cap opens in quickly grows and smothers all of the others. As they age, Nightmare Breeders will darken considerably until they turn black and collapse in a mess of spore filled slime.
Habitat: Damp and cold places are preferred with a large amount of decaying damp plant matter. They will not survive in overly wet or dry environments, preferring to grow on the edges of raised patches of ground where the soil is only a little damp.
Reproduction: Once the Nightmare Breeder turns black and slimy it will release a massive amount of spores which easily start growing in the decaying matter of the dying Nightmare Breeder. Because of this, Nightmare Breeders always grow in the same locations and their spores are mostly carried by the feet of passing travellers.
Growth: A Nightmare Breeder will sprout and die within a matter of days. At most they take ten days from sporing to turn to sludge. Once this happens the cycle repeats itself.
Domestic Purpose: This is where things get interesting. The Nightmare Breeder if consumed will create very realistic and believable hallucinations. These hallucinations can be so real that the unfortunate victim will occasionally suffer wounds that coincide with the illusion. The Nightmare Breeder will also dramatically increase any pain a person is feeling. Because of this the Nightmare Breeder is occasionally used by particularly sadistic torturers. But because it is quite hard to get its use is limited.
Care and Feeding: Due to its toxic nature most people try to eradicate the Nightmare Breeder however this is very hard as the Nightmare Breeder will grow even if there is only a few spores remaining. The best method found for eradication so far is to pile a heap of dry wood over the infestation of Nightmare Breeders and setting fire to it.
In the Wild: See previous statements.
Submitted by Bulldozer.
Name: Sazbur
Class: Shrub/Bush
Family: Berry Shrub
Locations: Mostly seen in all sorts of forests big or small, but can bloom pretty much anywhere outside of freezing climates. Common to all the continents across Fou Lu, however they are highly abundant on the Earth Continent.
Description: A fair sized Shrub of a dark green color. The leaves grow out of almost every speck of the small wooden branches. These leaves are thin, much like hair, and thus give it more of a furry and hairy look than it does an actual shrub. It blooms medium, quarter sized berries that are yellow in color. They almost never grow much larger than 3 feet high, but they usually spread out and grow closely around each other, making large groups of them over a given period of time.
Reproduction: The berrys on these plants do eventually go bad. When this happens, they fall off and the skin rots away. There is a seed inside each of these berries which is what sprouts more Sazbur shrubs. The seeds are also spread by those that eat the berrys. They typically spit out the seeds after eating the berry and thus it spreads.
Domestic Purpose: Most often, they are grown along roads and highways for travelers to eat when they're hungry. They're also grown in large plantations so that the berrys can be harvested every year to make wine, fruit juices, and all sorts of marinades. The small berries are very sweet, with a lovely texture and a very thin skin.
In the Wild: They are commonly eaten off of by animals and are known to bunch up since their berrys fall off as the seasons change, causing more Sazbur shrubs to grow in their wake.
Care and Feeding: The Sazbur bush doesn't require a lot of water or light, as it's leaves are very very very small, even if there are so many of them. It's ideal for all sorts of purposes because of it's small need of water and light.
Habitat: Essentially, this little guy can bloom anywhere. It cannot bloom in the desert though, as it's way to hot, and it cannot bloom in the arctic because it's too cold. Any typical forest would have these though.
Growth: The growth of a Sazbur shrub is very short. In the matter of less than one year, they grow to their full size of about 3 feet tall and can grow outwards by atleast 6 feet. When young, they appear to be just a tumble weed stuck in the ground as they have yet to develop their leaves. Over the course of 2 months, the leaves will manifest, and berries will start to bloom once it nears it's full size.
Submitted by Geist.
Name: Tergan Moss
Class: Flower
Family: Subterranean shoots
Locations: Found in moist underground tunnels everywhere, but are especially prevalent in Dzanator and Deisach.
Description: Tergan moss is golden brown color, though most people aren't likely to notice as they reside underground. When in its very brief false 'bloom' period, Tergan moss turns a glowing yellow.
Habitat: Tergan moss loves dark damp corridors.
Reproduction: Tergan moss is a proud supporter of both spore and sperm based reproduction. All seedlings are put down right next to the parent and are incredibly small, giving the illusion that it is in fact a moss.
Growth: Tergan moss tends to cover as much of a wall as it can adhere itself to. It sprawls out as much as it can, growing in clusters if there is a patch lacking in nutrients or water. The cannot venture aboveground, as the sun pretty much instantly kills them directly by heating them into burning or by allowing other stronger, chlorophyll producing plants to hog all the nutrients. Tergan moss expands at a rapid rate, often covering a square meter in a day.
Domestic Purpose: Dry Tergan moss is a great fire starter. It is said to have poison neutralizing effects, though nothing has been proven. Due to some odd circumstances it has sometimes been employed as a crypt defense.
Care and Feeding: Make sure that their environment is dank and not heated very much.
In the Wild: Once a moss has completely sprawled across a cave wall, it starts layering. As it becomes increasingly dense, it seems to generate enough heat to keep it on edge. As soon as an unfortunately warm blooded creature enters, it can acts rather like an explosive, suddenly catching fire and retreating back to some sparse remainders of layer one.
Submitted by Geillan.
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