The Temple Deep Undergarden

The Temple Deep Undergarden

1. Amberbell Cap
Description: A small, amber-colored mushroom with a bell-shaped cap that emits a faint, honey-like aroma. It is prized for its sweet, earthy flavor.
Stats:
Effect: Eating an Amberbell Cap restores 1d4 hit points and grants advantage on Perception checks involving smell for 1 hour. (Only when eaten raw.)
DC for Foraging: 12 (normally grows near streams and moist forest glades).
 
Lilly’s Notes:
Excellent tea. Will make a stunning amber colored wine. Good for a light lager beer. Need more research on the breakfast biscuit… last batch had too much honey and didn’t set correctly. This will be a great addition to breakfast dishes with sage sausage. Serve cut into strips and lightly sauteed with sausage. Waiting for small breakfast sausages with added Amberbell to cure before first taste test.
 
2. Shadowfin
Description: A delicate, jet-black mushroom with thin, fin-like ridges under its cap.
Stats:
Effect: Grants darkvision for 30 feet for 8 hours when consumed. (Only when eaten raw.)
DC for Foraging: 15 (normally found in deep caves, often guarded by creatures like myconids).
 
Lilly’s Notes:
Good as dried strips like jerky, need more time to test longevity. So far 2 weeks after fire dried and tough but still chewable. Taste is more earthy dried. May need to test brining to see if the dirt flavor can be mitigated. Also good in black pudding and black sausages. Can we make these into vegetarian sausages? Maybe when combined with Sootspore?
 
3. Goldenspire
Description: A tall, slender mushroom with a shimmering golden hue. It is said to have mild aphrodisiac qualities and is often used in potions.
Stats:
Effect: Adds 1d4 temporary hit points for 1 hour after consumption. (Only when eaten raw.)
DC for Foraging: 14 (normally found in sunlit clearings near magical hotspots).
 
Lilly’s Notes:
Soooo pretty! Ugh, raw effects are quick. Hot tea seems to enhance the aphrodisiac effect, but cold negates it. I think dried and powdered will make a perfect gold shimmer to frostings. Combine with Ambercap to add honey flavor?
 
4. Sootspore Puff
Description: A gray, bulbous mushroom that releases a harmless, smoky spore cloud when touched. Smoky taste, like an applewood smoked meat.
 
Stats:
Effect: When thrown, creates a 10-foot-radius cloud of spores that grants half cover for 1 minute.
DC for Foraging: 10 (normally grows near fire-scarred woodlands).
 
Lilly’s Notes:
Messy. So messy. Need to use mask and gloves to properly clean and prepare, best be done outside due to spore. Fantastic dried as a jerky, brings out the smoke flavor. Great for adding smoke flavor to dishes when no time for proper smoking. Can I use the spore for a dye? Ink?
 
5. Dreamveil Fungus
Description: A luminous, blue-green mushroom with a glimmering cap that seems to pulse with faint light.
Stats:
Effect: Eating this mushroom induces vivid dreams (or hallucinations). Gain inspiration, but make a DC 13 Wisdom saving throw or become stunned for 10 minutes. (Only when eaten raw.)
DC for Foraging: 16 (normally found in enchanted forests or Feywild regions).
 
Lilly’s Notes:
OMG THIS COLOR. Taste is almost nothing. Haven’t had time to experiment yet, taking forever to dry but this should be great color for frostings. Need to see how well this dissolves for coloring a wine, so far color does not impart to tea? Might need to make a tincture in clear alcohol.
 
 
6. Bitterstalk
Description: A thick-stemmed, bitter-tasting mushroom with a crimson cap. Despite its flavor, it is highly nutritious.
Stats (D&D):
Effect: Consuming grants 1d6 hit points and immunity to poison damage for 1 hour. (only when cooked)
DC for Foraging: 18 (normally grows in hazardous terrain near venomous creatures).
 
Lilly’s Notes:
Bitter, but less so after cooked. Makes a decent soup, but the color is off-putting. Don’t think a blood colored soup will sell unless we are having a ‘theme’ party/event. Tea is brilliant crimson colored also, but still bitter. Might be good as a base for medications due to color and bitterness (will deter little hands). Going to experiment more with a dried travel cake since this has such good nutritional properties. Might add Sootspoor for additional flavor.
 
7. Silverwhisker
Description: A silvery-gray mushroom with fine, hair-like filaments on its stem. It has a peppery flavor.
Stats:
Effect: Grants advantage on Dexterity (Stealth) checks for 1 hour. (Only when steeped in tea for a minimum of 3 days)
DC for Foraging: 13 (normally found in shaded, rocky outcrops).
 
Lilly’s Notes:
Fantastic pepper substitute when dried and powdered. Need to find a tailor to see if the filaments can be woven… will that color hold through ? Pepper flavor will make this very versatile as a seasoning.
 
8. Blisscap
Description: A cheerful, yellow-capped mushroom that emits a calming scent. It is often sought for use in relaxation teas.
Stats:
Effect: Consuming this mushroom ends the frightened condition and grants resistance to psychic damage for 1 hour.
DC for Foraging: 12 (normally found in peaceful meadows or near druidic groves).
 
Lilly’s Notes:
The tea works. But does not impart any color to the tea! Comes out nearly clear. No good for dyes/inks. Drying some to see if can be used as an incense. Can I add this to the fireplace in the great room to help calm a rowdy crowd?
 
9. Ironroot Fungus
Description: A tough, dark brown mushroom that grows in dense clusters.
Stats:
Effect: Eating this mushroom grants +1 AC for 10 minutes but halves your movement speed during this time.
DC for Foraging: 14 (normally grows in ancient forests, often protected by treants).
 
Lilly’s Notes:
Tough. Taste is normal mushroomy flavor, earthy with a faint birchbeer undertone. Requires boiling for 8 hours to make it a texture that can be eaten. Makes a fantastic soup though the process is long. I think I can bring out the birchbeer flavors with some experimentation… fermentation? Will this make a simpler birchbeer?