Photo of the Day: A Browncap Colony

Brown Forest, originally uploaded by JeremyT.

Dear Ms. Watkins,

I have enclosed a hasty photonic capture of yet another amazing find in this area of the Park. These browncaps are highly prized for their pharmacological properties. Local alchemists tell me that a marvelous potion can be mixed from them, but one that only cures the least of your ailments. A man suffering from rotting lung may drink it, and find that his hangnail has been cured and nothing else!

The alchemists claim that it is the most powerful curative known to them, if applied when suffering from a single ailment. Unfortunately, the body is a complex machine, and rarely runs so smoothly.

I've collected nearly a dozen specimens here so far for later analysis. I will attempt to synthesize some of the browncap curative, if you like, and send it along with my next dispatch. At the very least, its effects could prove an amusing diversion.

Yours,

Dr. Julius T. Roundbottom