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09-08-2011, 03:35 PM
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Herbology Lesson One
It was such a nice day outside, the weather was mild, not quite warm but not cold either. Just the way Seren liked it. Unfortunately the lesson wasn’t being held outdoors, no, it was being held in Greenhouse One, where the air was cooler, and the smell of damp soil filled the air.
As you enter the greenhouse the first thing you notice are the stools arranged to the side of the greenhouse by the door, and directly opposite these are stools of a different variety. That’s right, toadstools! While they may look harmless from a distance it’s not wise to get too close to them just yet, after all you wouldn’t want to be sent to the Hospital Wing before the lesson has even started.
Waiting patiently for the students to arrive, Professor Bentley stood by the door to welcome them as they entered; Though she was careful to position herself near the seating area so that she can keep an eye on any mischief making. Standing slightly to the side of the toadstools, was Professor Bentley’s old blackboard, neat and tidy cursive writing slowly appearing on its surface- as if by magic!
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Herbology Lesson One
A warm welcome back to the familiar, and a warm welcome to the new!
The lesson will begin shortly, take a seat and please keep the chatter to a bare minimum – you wouldn’t want to disturb our subjects.
Thank you,
Professor Seren Bentley
Lesson Progression: What is a toadstool? Identify a toadstool Numbing Charm: Incantation Numbing Charm: Wand Movement Activity: Harvesting Fangs Why are Peppermint Stripes Parasol's rare and valluable? Activity: Harvesting Caps+ Pixie Chaos Once you've finished the activity, you may leave (: OOC: The lesson has OFFICIALLY started, DO NOT post your character arriving late- or else... also please DO NOT chat- that would be rude. If you haven't done so already then please read through the Herbology Rules and Expectations and the SS Site Rules. All SS Board Rules apply. IC rule breaking will result in IC punishment, OOC rule breaking will result in OOC punishment. Please behave appropriately and most importantly... have fun. If you have any questions don't hesitate to send me a PM. | |
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After writing down all of the attributes of a toadstool, Eino listened to Professor Bentley's further explanation. He hadn't really worked with a lot of toadstools before, because his grandparents rarely used them in their potions. He usually just used the parts that had previously been collected or imported. They weren't very popular in Finland, especially not the area Eino lived, and the Soumi weather made it challenging to grow them in a garden. Nonetheless, he had read about them, and was very excited to actually work with them for once. Eino raised his hand. "Are those Biting Toadstools? As the name suggests, they bite, but they aren't particularly dangerous." | 
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Destiny wasn't the only person in the class that knew about the Princess Toadstool! She gave the boy two thumbs way up at his comment, but had no idea she was in Forks Magazine. She could understand why she'd be in there, though. With a name like Peach Toadstool and all. Food.
But.. apparently that was not the answer the Professor was looking for.
Frowning slightly, trying to pronounce the word herbologically in her head, she began copying the list off the board. Of course she put the name of a Princess on her list. She had given the answer, it was right. She shot another glance at that boy.. he should write it down, too.
She pushed her parchment away from her once she was finished writing, and turned her attention to the Professor. Who was showing off her toadstools. Bwaha.
"Are they leaping toadstools?" Because everyone else said biting. And Destiny Shepard had to be different.
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09-09-2011, 05:51 PM
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Originally Posted by Hera  “So now that you’re all aware of what a toadstool is—being a fungus or a mushroom which is defined firstly by its umbrella shaped cap and thick stem, it is usually considered to be poisonous and thus inedible, but there are a few exceptions to the rule. This is not to say there aren’t other dangers or cautions to be aware of.” She let them process this before moving on. “Though there are magical and mundane versions of toadstools, the magical variety have the inexplicable ability to lure in magical beasts, particularly pixies, fairies and doxy’s.”
“They are primarily used in potions- despite their general inedibility and poisonousness. And are frequently used in healing potions. Some varieties have also been known to be used as core ingredients in wizarding confectionary.” Hence why some are indeed edible.
Standing to the side so that some of the students could have a better view of the toadstools before them, Seren turned her head and gave them a fond look. Precious little toadstools they were. With such an amazing reddish brown cap, and white stem... stunning.
Right next question... to keep these students were on their toes.
“Who can identify this type of toadstool for me?”
OOC: I'm off to bed... tis late. Though I am not in the classroom Bentley is. So NO chatting etc.... I'll reply when I wake up, approx 8-9 hours from the time of this post. Thanks! Daphne removed a parchment from her bag and started noting down all the points written on the blackboard.
Okay, done.
Huh. What? Identify a toadstool?
Daphne looked at the weird looking toadstool for a a couple of minutes or so..which was a complete waste of time. "Are they leaping toadstools?" 'Cause that was the only one she'd heard of. Yeah, there was a 99.99% chance she was wrong but she didn't want to not say anything. That would be stupid, right?
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09-09-2011, 05:53 PM
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Smurf? What in the name of Merlins tighty whitey’s was she on about? Seren blinked a few times trying to process this information. Smurfs?
“Um... pixies? Fairies?... they often enjoy habituating areas where toadstools are present... I’m not familiar with this smurf you speak of though.”
This teacher didn't know what a Smurf is. Oh my day. "You don't know what a smurf is?" Indiana was in a bit of a shock. Smurfs were totally cool. She had one at home, a toy of course, but she had left him at home. "They are these little blue people, who are three apples tall. They live in this little village, in toadstools, which is really cool. And they eat these berries, which they call smurfberries. They are really cool. They are in a book I've got....I can show you it if you want." Indiana smiled as she opened up her text book, so she could look up toadstools. She figured that this lesson wasn't going to just be about smurfs, and why they live in toadstools. Woah. Maybe she could go find a smurf later.
But back to the quesiton. Indiana looked up at the toadstool. She had no idea what it was, but hmm. She looked back at the textbook. It would be in here right. Sticking her nose into the book, she tried to find a image, or some text that described the toadstool that the teacher had showed them. "Is it a leaping toadstool?"
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| | Dugbog
Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Greece
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Kynthia Near
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Originally Posted by Hera Right, notes... for the students’ benefit. Not hers.
With another flick of her wand, answers appeared beneath the question on the board. The smart ones would copy these down. She wasn’t about to baby them into doing it. It was their responsibility.
Allowing the students to mull this information over for a minute, Seren glanced behind her at their special guests... they would get to that soon.
“So now that you’re all aware of what a toadstool is—being a fungus or a mushroom which is defined firstly by its umbrella shaped cap and thick stem, it is usually considered to be poisonous and thus inedible, but there are a few exceptions to the rule. This is not to say there aren’t other dangers or cautions to be aware of.” She let them process this before moving on. “Though there are magical and mundane versions of toadstools, the magical variety have the inexplicable ability to lure in magical beasts, particularly pixies, fairies and doxy’s.”
“They are primarily used in potions- despite their general inedibility and poisonousness. And are frequently used in healing potions. Some varieties have also been known to be used as core ingredients in wizarding confectionary.” Hence why some are indeed edible.
Standing to the side so that some of the students could have a better view of the toadstools before them, Seren turned her head and gave them a fond look. Precious little toadstools they were. With such an amazing reddish brown cap, and white stem... stunning.
Right next question... to keep these students were on their toes.
“Who can identify this type of toadstool for me?”
OOC: I'm off to bed... tis late. Though I am not in the classroom Bentley is. So NO chatting etc.... I'll reply when I wake up, approx 8-9 hours from the time of this post. Thanks! As the answer appeared on the blackboard, Kynthia took notes as quickly as she could. She had yet to get accustomed to writing with a quill, so that took a while. As she was writing she looked at the toadstools before her and tried to identify them. Hmmm reddish brown with a white stem... Did my brother's book have those? Well even if it had, time had passed since she last read that book and keeping information in her head for that long was never somehting she could do. I think I'm not going to give an answer this time. I'll just hear what others have to say and keep notes. She tought giving up trying to remember. She looked around the classroom trying to spot any familiar faces but found none. I really need to socialize more! She thought.
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09-09-2011, 06:00 PM
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| | Mooncalf
Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Camp Half-Blood
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Kennedy's head turned as every speaker spoke. He wanted to make sure he understood everything. The first thing that came to his mind when the professor mentioned toadstool was the princess in his very ancient Mario Kart game. If that was to be the lesson of they day then he would come out with highest marks. Oh yes he would, but as class moved on it turned out it wasn't, it was about some mushroom thing. Those were bad, really bad. Poisonous or not, Kennedy would stay away from them.
He thought of the question. What kind of toadstool did the professor have, hmm? He pushed his glasses back and crossed his arms in thought. What were those icky things?
Hmmm.....???
He had no idea. He simply didn't. Gah! He knew he was going to do horrible in Herbology. He was going to have to hit the books after class.
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Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Houston, Texas
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Violet looked at the strange toadstools. Merlin, she wished she had paid more attention to her governess when they were walking through the gardens at home. The only toadstool she knew the name of was the Fly Agaric, but that ought to have white spots on the cap, shouldn't it?
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09-09-2011, 06:03 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: GMT +4
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"Hello professor, I'm Ira Wilson." Ira answered the professor.
She didn't know what toadstools were and neither knew the types..However she did religiously copy down her notes and waited for others to answer.
Most of them had said that these were kind of biting toadstools so why not she? Its better to stay with the majority, right?
"I also think that these are a kind of biting toadstools, professor." Maybe she was wrong, but who cares! Atleast she did not! She hated plants!
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09-09-2011, 06:10 PM
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| | Gnome
Join Date: Aug 2011
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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Ashley Moon
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Okay, this one was going to be difficult. Ashley really wanted to have an answer, because he figured it would be better to try than not, even if he was wrong. But he couldn't even come up with a wrong answer for this one. He took down the notes, partially because it was good to take notes, and partially to give himself some time to think about it, glancing up at the toadstools from time to time. But he still couldn't come up with anything. As the only ones that did eventually come to mind had been said by pretty much everyone else, he pulled out his book and decided to search through it.
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09-09-2011, 06:11 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Throne w Queen!Pokey
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Danae smiled when she was one of the people who successfully identified what a toadstool was. It was quite exciting to be right, and she liked to be all the time. Taking out her favourite peacock quill, the Ravenclaw began to take notes as Professor Bentley spoke about the specimens before them.
'How interesting that they are in sweets we enjoy.' she thought, dipping her quill into the ink pot.
Listening to the other students, they were talking about whether it was a leaping toadstool or not. It certainly could be, but there was one that she hadn't hear anyone say yet.
"Professor? Is it a Talking Toadstool?" she asked, her hand raised high so that the professor would be able to see her.
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Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: (GMT)
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LuLu Kieren
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Luna thought she knew the answer either biting toadstools, talking toadstools or leaping toadstools hmmm?
She raised her hand ''Proffeser is it either a leaping toadstool or a biting toadstool!'' Or neither she told her self I don't think it's a talking toadstool but then again...... she really had to look up Herbology books again in the liabrary!
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09-09-2011, 06:21 PM
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| | Dugbog
Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: England
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Olivia Evans
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Olivia smiled when she got the question at least part right. Must remember that not all toadstools are poisonous. It might just have been one of those tales young children get told so that they don't go eating them when they find some in the woods or fields. There were plenty of those where she lived at home. She copied down the notes on the blackboard onto a piece of parchment before setting her quill down.
She had no idea what type of toadstools they were but it was likely that they would be something that she'd never come across before. Extremely likely. The suggestions of her classmates were Biting and Leaping. Honestly, she'd prefer it if they did turn out to be Leaping Toadstools. Leave the biting to the animals.
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Marilyn made sure to notate everything, not knowing if this Professor, too, was insane. After finishing, she looked to the toadstools. They vaguely reminded her of a muggle video game she'd seen Anya playing over the summer. Raising her hand again, she answered. "I believe muggles refer to this toadstool as the Fly Agaric. Leaping Toadstools, though...and if I'm not mistaken, they are deadly poisonous."
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Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: london
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Daniel Evans Weasley
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Daniel, blinked. How on earth were they supposed to know? They'd just been off for summer! But....wait, what had he read when Barry'd forced him to study? He knew what that was! Daniel raised his hand slowly, he didn't want to look stupid if it was wrong. Not that many knew. "Is that a Fly Agaric miss? But that's not the proper name is it?" Daniel strained his brain. How was he going to pass his exams? "..Is it called Amanita muscaria?"
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| Formerly: leov DMTMooncalf
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Lucy shocked when professor greeted her, before she could. She held her head down, didn't know how to react.
She looked at the room of student, well there were so many of them. Was herbology the next favorite subject to all now? She kept thinking.
Suddenly her mind woke up as she heard the professor asking questions. hmm, what type of toadstool was that? Hmm.. Thinking and staring at the toadstool she finally came to an answer. Lucy raised her hand and said "Professor, this is a leaping toadstool" she said and brought her hand down.
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| | Puffskein
Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: The States
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Originally Posted by Hera Allowing the students to mull this information over for a minute, Seren glanced behind her at their special guests... they would get to that soon.
“So now that you’re all aware of what a toadstool is—being a fungus or a mushroom which is defined firstly by its umbrella shaped cap and thick stem, it is usually considered to be poisonous and thus inedible, but there are a few exceptions to the rule. This is not to say there aren’t other dangers or cautions to be aware of.” She let them process this before moving on. “Though there are magical and mundane versions of toadstools, the magical variety have the inexplicable ability to lure in magical beasts, particularly pixies, fairies and doxy’s.”
“They are primarily used in potions- despite their general inedibility and poisonousness. And are frequently used in healing potions. Some varieties have also been known to be used as core ingredients in wizarding confectionary.” Hence why some are indeed edible.
Standing to the side so that some of the students could have a better view of the toadstools before them, Seren turned her head and gave them a fond look. Precious little toadstools they were. With such an amazing reddish brown cap, and white stem... stunning.
Right next question... to keep these students were on their toes.
“Who can identify this type of toadstool for me?” Kimalia stared.. and stared... and started some more. She was completely baffled. It looked like an ordinary toadstool, it didn't seem to have any white spots.. But was it poisonous? Kimalia rose her hand, " It looks like from Galerina, the ones that are found anytime outside winter season." Kimalia was not exactly sure if it was edible or not. " It looks safe to eat, but it's not..?" She said that last part in such a way where it could be taken as an unsure statement. Hopefully she was correct, normally the common rule for most plants are, if it looks safe it probably isn't.
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| | Mooncalf
Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Ireland
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Penny Laughgood
Second Year | Hufflepuff where they are just and loyal they are patient, true and unafraid of toil
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Originally Posted by Hera ”Very good Miss Laughgood, but they are not always poisonous, just most of the time.”
Right, notes... for the students’ benefit. Not hers.
With another flick of her wand, answers appeared beneath the question on the board. The smart ones would copy these down. She wasn’t about to baby them into doing it. It was their responsibility.
Allowing the students to mull this information over for a minute, Seren glanced behind her at their special guests... they would get to that soon.
“So now that you’re all aware of what a toadstool is—being a fungus or a mushroom which is defined firstly by its umbrella shaped cap and thick stem, it is usually considered to be poisonous and thus inedible, but there are a few exceptions to the rule. This is not to say there aren’t other dangers or cautions to be aware of.” She let them process this before moving on. “Though there are magical and mundane versions of toadstools, the magical variety have the inexplicable ability to lure in magical beasts, particularly pixies, fairies and doxy’s.”
“They are primarily used in potions- despite their general inedibility and poisonousness. And are frequently used in healing potions. Some varieties have also been known to be used as core ingredients in wizarding confectionary.” Hence why some are indeed edible.
Standing to the side so that some of the students could have a better view of the toadstools before them, Seren turned her head and gave them a fond look. Precious little toadstools they were. With such an amazing reddish brown cap, and white stem... stunning.
Right next question... to keep these students were on their toes.
“Who can identify this type of toadstool for me?”
OOC: I'm off to bed... tis late. Though I am not in the classroom Bentley is. So NO chatting etc.... I'll reply when I wake up, approx 8-9 hours from the time of this post. Thanks! Penny looked at the toadstool for a few minutes before attempting to answer.. Putting her hand in the air she began... "Professor, Is it a Leaping Toadstool ?- if it is a Leaping Toadstool, then they don't like tight or enclosed spaces.. they get their food from rotting leaves and tree stumps and can grow in most places, like gardens, greenhouses and forests", Penny stopped, taking a breath before adding.. "Wizards use them in drinks to give extra energy"
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Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: UK
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Scott Archer
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Yawn..Herbology was SO boring.
Scott sat there and let everyone else answer the questions, and if the teacher asked him; he'd improvise.
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09-09-2011, 07:17 PM
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| | Puffskein
Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: wonderland<3
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Standing on her tiptoes, Thea looked long and hard at the mushrooms. 'I know they can be used in some potions..' Thea bit her lip. 'For healing??' Her Mother being a Healer and all, she had been told about things like this. The Gryffindor then moved out of the way as to let the other students around her take a look. 'But I don't kow what it is called, Professor.' She shook her head, smiling.
Before turning away, she quickly sun back round. 'And you can't eat them.. I don't think!' she chirruped.
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| | Nogtail
Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Why don't you guess?
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Nora Penelope Reed
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Originally Posted by Hera Right next question... to keep these students were on their toes.
“Who can identify this type of toadstool for me?” Nora listened to everything that professor Bentley had explained, even though it almost felt like listening to a completely different language. Herbology was not exactly her best subject, but she'll eventually get better. She, however, raised her hand after the woman's question.
" That's a leaping toadstool. Unless..." She tried to get a better look at the... creepy looking plant!creature or whatever it was. " Unless it has teeth. It would be a biting toadstool then." That was because they looked almost the same, except for the teeth, and how crazy that sounded.
Oh, please be a leaping toadstool.
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Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: England
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Salima carried on taking notes, looking up everytime.
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09-09-2011, 07:19 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2011
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Katie Black wrote the notes from the board into her book as fast as she could and thought about Toadstools. SHe'd never heard of them, but they seemed very interesting from what Professor Bentley said they were.
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| | Puffskein
Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: England!
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Originally Posted by Hera Right, notes... for the students’ benefit. Not hers.
With another flick of her wand, answers appeared beneath the question on the board. The smart ones would copy these down. She wasn’t about to baby them into doing it. It was their responsibility.
Allowing the students to mull this information over for a minute, Seren glanced behind her at their special guests... they would get to that soon.
“So now that you’re all aware of what a toadstool is—being a fungus or a mushroom which is defined firstly by its umbrella shaped cap and thick stem, it is usually considered to be poisonous and thus inedible, but there are a few exceptions to the rule. This is not to say there aren’t other dangers or cautions to be aware of.” She let them process this before moving on. “Though there are magical and mundane versions of toadstools, the magical variety have the inexplicable ability to lure in magical beasts, particularly pixies, fairies and doxy’s.”
“They are primarily used in potions- despite their general inedibility and poisonousness. And are frequently used in healing potions. Some varieties have also been known to be used as core ingredients in wizarding confectionary.” Hence why some are indeed edible.
Standing to the side so that some of the students could have a better view of the toadstools before them, Seren turned her head and gave them a fond look. Precious little toadstools they were. With such an amazing reddish brown cap, and white stem... stunning.
Right next question... to keep these students were on their toes.
“Who can identify this type of toadstool for me?” Emily looked at the toadstools, making sure to stay well back. If they were biting toadstools she didn't want to get near them.
It was just then she realised she really needed to do some more Herbology research. She felt like she didn't know anything. "Are they leaping toadstools professor?" she asked, taking a mental note to read more Herbology books from the library. She thought she remembered seeing their picture in a book, but she could be wrong. Like she said, she really needed to revise Herbology.
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09-09-2011, 07:38 PM
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| | Jarvey
Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Aeridia
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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Sarah Oliver
Fourth Year |
Sarah scribbled in her notebook the definition of a toadstool, trying to gauge if it would matter wether or not she would actually need to remember it. She figured that it would probably at least be important for this lesson, but maybe not for following ones. Eh, maybe there'll be a test.
She listened as the teacher asked another question. She glanced at the mushrooms toadstools, and screwed up her face. She had absolutely no idea. Bah. | |
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09-09-2011, 07:40 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: California
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Hogwarts RPG Name:
Melania "Lana" Warrington
First Year |
Lana jotted down the notes about toadstools as they appeared on the blackboard. Healing potions? That made her think and she raised her hand, "Excuse me professor. If many toadstools are considered poisonous, why are they used in healing potions?
As the professor pointed out some other toadstools, Lana peered over some other students to get a better look. From what the others were saying, she didn't want to know what kind they were. Or not first hand at least.
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