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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 7129018" data-attributes="member: 20323">[SECTION][ALIGN=LEFT]http://i.imgur.com/lSj8ti8.jpg[/ALIGN]The pungent odor smells almost like wet earth or mushrooms, and a taste of the bitter bits of seed and pale purple petals confirms Elora's suspicions. Ergot seeds and feainnewedd. The &quot;white witch&quot; Osfala had taught her well.Some heads on the wheat grain become tainted with a fungus that gives the grain a shriveled bluish appearance. These grains are known as &quot;ergot seeds&quot;, discarded by farmers who often leave such fields to go fallow, fearful that Saint Ergot's Sickness will afflict those eating the &quot;seeds&quot; with hallucinations, sensation of burning in the limbs, and even death. However, herbalists have found medicinal uses for controlled doses of &quot;ergot seeds&quot; ranging from treating headaches to inducing abortions and stopping bleeding after childbirth. Feainnewedd, which means &quot;Sun’s Child&quot; in the Elder Tongue, is a rare pale purple flower which legend says only grows where Elder Blood has been spilled. While most herbalists know of it only in legend, Elora's apprenticeship to Osfala near the shadow of Dol Blathanna gave her some insights into the actual herbology of feainnewedd. It favors streams, swamps, and lakes; and a poultice can be made from it to temper the suffering of those afflicted with albinism when exposed to sunlight. There are likely further magical uses for the flower among the elves, but such is beyond Elora's ken.[/SECTION][SBLOCK=Images of Ergot &amp; Feainnewedd]<img src="http://www.gard.no/Content/21853277/attr=3C722A94B783F9A6E0530B1CA8C01D6B/Alert_ergot_fungus.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5CF749al_8A/T-l8nydlXYI/AAAAAAAAADg/HFd2LdgKMCU/s1600/P1090144.JPG" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />[/SBLOCK][GM]No worries&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; [MENTION=8058]Queenie[/MENTION] <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> [/GM]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 7129018, member: 20323"] [SECTION][ALIGN=LEFT]http://i.imgur.com/lSj8ti8.jpg[/ALIGN]The pungent odor smells almost like wet earth or mushrooms, and a taste of the bitter bits of seed and pale purple petals confirms Elora's suspicions. Ergot seeds and [I]feainnewedd[/I]. The "white witch" Osfala had taught her well. Some heads on the wheat grain become tainted with a fungus that gives the grain a shriveled bluish appearance. These grains are known as "[B]ergot seeds[/B]", discarded by farmers who often leave such fields to go fallow, fearful that Saint Ergot's Sickness will afflict those eating the "seeds" with hallucinations, sensation of burning in the limbs, and even death. However, herbalists have found medicinal uses for controlled doses of "ergot seeds" ranging from treating headaches to inducing abortions and stopping bleeding after childbirth. [B]Feainnewedd[/B], which means "Sun’s Child" in the Elder Tongue, is a rare pale purple flower which legend says only grows where Elder Blood has been spilled. While most herbalists know of it only in legend, Elora's apprenticeship to Osfala near the shadow of Dol Blathanna gave her some insights into the actual herbology of [I]feainnewedd[/I]. It favors streams, swamps, and lakes; and a poultice can be made from it to temper the suffering of those afflicted with albinism when exposed to sunlight. There are likely further magical uses for the flower among the elves, but such is beyond Elora's ken.[/SECTION] [SBLOCK=Images of Ergot & Feainnewedd] [IMG]http://www.gard.no/Content/21853277/attr=3C722A94B783F9A6E0530B1CA8C01D6B/Alert_ergot_fungus.png[/img] [IMG]http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5CF749al_8A/T-l8nydlXYI/AAAAAAAAADg/HFd2LdgKMCU/s1600/P1090144.JPG[/IMG] [/SBLOCK] [GM]No worries [MENTION=8058]Queenie[/MENTION] :) [/GM] [/QUOTE]

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