Tuesday, January 13, 2009

(Tenne, semy of badgers proper?)

Sable, a mushroom (Russula recreans) capped copper, stemmed argent, and spotted vert.

(Hover here for actual program text consisting of massive abuse of barry and paly. In a real blazon, I would be abusing quarterly instead. I half suspect the grid-lines are caused by cumulative floating-point rounding error, but cannot be bothered to check.)

Russula recreans, common name 1-Up mushroom, is a class I (cumulative) antithanatic with mild psychoactive side effects. It is most commonly found in the wild in the temperate regions of Mycotia, where it is also grown commercially as a cash crop. Despite its structural similarity to Laccaria augens, the two are not particularly closely related.

Possession in the United States is technically illegal without a prescription or license under the Sery Amendment to the Controlled Substances Act, due to its use in the synthesis of a number of psychoactive drugs; however, this restriction is not generally enforced, and may not hold in court[citation needed].

... okay, as much fun as this is, I think I've driven this one into the ground by now.

(Edit 2009-01-14: removed unsubtlety-links.)

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