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Floral Fumo Friday of the Week: Wood Decay Fungi

AS A DISCLAIMER DON'T EAT RANDOM MUSHROOMS FROM THE WILD WITHOUT EXPERIENCE!!

I wanted to post this for Mushroom Day, but it took me forever to find mushrooms.

Yuuka tries to look for more ways to change her "nature" as a youkai. She ponders and walks along a tree branch, but then encounters Marisa Kirisame. She asks Marisa what humans find about plants that are scary, but Marisa tells her that she's "in her way." Marisa engages in a danmaku battle with Yuuka, and defeats her quite easily, albeit too easily. She questions on why Yuuka has downgraded from final boss to just a simple midboss. Yuuka explains once more that she is trying to change her "nature" and wants to become a youkai of flowers.

Marisa tells her that nobody finds flowers as scary, she points to the mushrooms feeding on dead tree branches. "Flowers don't really bloom during fall or winter, and no human finds flowers to be scary. If you want to change your nature, then why not become a youkai of mushrooms? They live in caves, like you! And these ones feed on the corpses of plants, that's something people find scary," Marisa said. Yuuka insists that mushrooms are still something associated with darkness, and that there must be something that humans find frightening about flowers.

Marisa questions her, "If you're a youkai of darkness, then why are your attacks based on light? You could even transform into a ball of light, too you know." Yuuka explains that she was manifested from human fears of the illusion of "light" inside a dark cave. Yuuka tells her that she has been that way for so long, that she has become bored of doing so. Marisa tells her that it's fall, almost winter, and there aren't really any flowers that bloom right now. She tries to convince Yuuka that maybe she might find fears by being a youkai of all florals. Yuuka thinks about it more, and flies off very slowly.

She still thinks about humans not finding flowers and plants to be scary and frightening. She sees the Sun burning her skin, and becomes saddened that she hasn't changed, she still cannot bask in the Sun like plants, and finds shade under trees whose leaves are falling apart. She takes note to bring a parasol next time.

Humans used to think of fungi and multicellular protists as plants long ago, but even those of Gensokyo can differentiate between plants, protists, and fungi. They are however, all still called "flora" to this day. END OF STORY Afterward: I believe, the mushrooms shown are young forms of stereum. There are many species of them, and some are debatably separated into their own species. They are all under an umbrella term called Wood Decay Fungi, which are scavengers of trees. All stereums are poisonous to humans. Most Wood Decay Fungi attack plants when they are alive and act as a pathogen to them, and a pest to gardeners. Some Wood Decay Fungi are terminal to the plant and eventually lead to the death of the plant.

This link below is one of many Wood Decay Fungi.

Although, Wood Decay Fungi prey on trees, it is not without reason. These plant pathogens are just as important as trees in the laws of nature. They revert them to fertile soils with lots of nutrition so more plants can grow in the future.

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Man, this Touhou fest was very fun. I will come back to this place and capture some good memories from there some days.

And yes. I did this festival myself. Good or not, I don’t know. It’s goofy.

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Floral Fumo Flutters of the Week: White Snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)

I am a bit late for Friday so this one will not be a friday one.😭 It will be more informative on the plant itself than have a story.

Yuuka Kazami once more took very long to do tasks, and she was tired of it. Although youkai like her don't have a sleep schedule like humans do, Yuuka would sleep for many hours and even weeks. Even when she slept for a very long time, she still felt very exhausted. It takes her many hours on average to prepare food for herself, and many hours to even do any other chore. She was fed up and irritated with the way things were, and feels like the Youkai Sage investigating Gensokyo wasn't doing her job properly. She set off on her own journey to go and pester the Hakurei shrine maiden to solve the incident.

On her journey, she stumbled across tiny white flowers. She sensed a strange energy within them and thought of them to be youkai. Before she could examine them more closely, the flowers fired danmaku right in her face! Yuuka backtracked a little, but felt that she did not want to destroy these youkai flowers. While the flowers continuously and aimlessly fired danmaku, Yuuka plotted very evil thoughts into what she could do next. She thought that she could create (or well, grow) another army of youkai in her new settlement in the Garden of the Sun, and cause another incident. It was very risky as Reimu could very easily exterminate her for causing another incident, but Yuuka was on the verge of disappearing regardless. She thought of a huge reason for taking on this risk: If she could tame these flowers, she could show the humans of Gensokyo that flowers and plants are beautiful, but dangerous and something to be feared. She would finally be able to change her nature much more easily. In her eyes, this idea was perfect.

This is white snakeroot, it is a plant that is native to a wide range in North America, but invasive in other continents. It is another Asteraceae family flower, just like many plants shown previously and has many of the same characteristics. Like the name of the family, the flowers look like a cluster of stars, and these pictures I've taken don't do the flower any justice. It is used by many as a decorative plant and if there are lots that are spread then they can bloom an entire bed of flowers that look like stars in a forest. It can grow and bloom in shaded areas and sunny areas, and tolerates a wide range of soils including grounds in urban areas, drought weathers, and swampy wetlands. Because it is also one of the very last flowers to bloom like other flowers previously shown, bees rely on these flowers that are very rich in nectar to store and use to survive for winter months.

As a bit of a disclaimer: While it is safe for bees/other pollinators and is a beautifully decorative starry plant, all parts of the plant contains an alcoholic toxin (trematol) that is toxic only when ingested to humans and pets and is extremely fatal if not treated in time. Mammals and birds normally avoid consuming white snakeroot because of its aroma, but you should always be cautious when it comes to pets. You should only use this plant for decorative purposes and for decorative purposes only.

In the early 19th century, the name "snakeroot" came from a dangerous misconception that it was a medicine for curing and/or preventing snake bites , so it was given to humans and farm animals to consume. This is not the case, as it lead to a fatal epidemic called "milk sickness" in humans and "the trembles" in animals. Milk sickness was named after the way it was spread from cattle or goats consuming these flowers then spreading the toxin to humans through the afflicted animal's milk.

It has some lookalikes like Boneset (Eupatorium perfoliatum, not shown), which not only shares the shape of the flower but also its native range, flower family (Asteraceae), and blooming window. The difference between them is not the shape of the flower pattern but the shape of the leaves and stem of the plant.

Outside of North America where it is native, it has become an invasive species in a few countries such as Japan and Korea. It has an aggressive nature over land and ability to grow in both shaded and sunny areas and in wild and urban areas even in its native continent. It tends to dominate land coverage and could hinder the photosythesis of competing native plants.

The genus name Ageratina of its name is inspired of another genus Ageratum, another Aster family flower that the White snakeroot also used to be placed in. The -ina suffix means smaller version or -like, so Ageratinas are a tinier version of Ageratum or Ageratum-like. The name Ageratum is very old but it and Ageratina derives from ageratos which means non-aging/everlasting, a general word referring to plants that had a vibrant and long lasting bloom and color. The species name altissima is latin for "highest/tallest," as it is the tallest of its genus. This species has gone under many names and one of its first is Ageratum altissimum then later on it was regrouped with the genus of its lookalike (boneset) as Eupatorium rugosum or Eupatorium urticifolium among many other names. These earlier names appear in many early sources but all refer to the same exact white snakeroot plant. Nowadays, the accepted name is Ageratina altissima, very similar to its original name.

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