Introduction:
It is generally known that the harmonic qualities of gemstones may be
used to repair damage to living things. As such, it is reasonable to
presume that a similar application of these qualities can be used to
encourage the growth and development of living organisms. However, those
techniques that allow for rapid healing through the use of gemstones
rapidly exhaust the energy of those stones. If they are to be used to
stimulate growth, a new technique must be devised to channel their
energy more slowly. As illustrated below, I have developed such a
technique and proven its efficacy in stimulating the growth of edible
mushrooms.

Experiment I:
A sample of mushrooms was collected to be grown under controlled
conditions. These were collected in the village of Estelbar, where they
are colliquially known under the name of "White Mornings", so called due
to their color and the local tendency to eat them early in the day. The
mushroom itself has a vaguely waxy exterior and a mildly porous interior.
They are often found growing upon fallen trees.

This particular mushroom was chosen in part due to its rapid growth, and
in part due to its known culinary applications. The tendency to grow
quickly allows experiments to be carried out in a reasonable amount of
time, and if successful these experiments would allow increased
production of a viable food crop for the benefit of the Collective.

Several branches coated with these mushrooms were collected and brought
to my laboratory. A set of small boxes were then constructed and filled
with the mulched wood of several branches similar to those which the
mushroom is known to have grown upon. The harvested mushrooms were
permitted to go to spore, and in approximately two weeks mature
mushrooms were growing within the boxes. With this confirmation that the
mushrooms could be cultivated in a controlled environment, the
branches and all but one box were removed from my laboratory and moved
on to the next stage of the experiment.

Three boxes were prepared as previously, two of them being modified
further to allow for exposure to harmonic energies. The first box was
treated with a powder composed of four coarsely ground amethysts which
had previously been charged for harmonic use. This powder was mixed into
the mulch. The second had a single prepared amethyst placed on each of
four sides of the box. The third box was prepared as control to allow
for comparison between the modified and unmodified growth rates. These
methods for exposing the fungus to harmonic energy were chosen because
they were the simplest that seemed likely to prove fruitful. Charged
amethysts were used due to its ability to regrow damaged flesh and as
such were deemed most likely to have a positive effect on fungal growth.

Having prepared the experimental boxes, they were exposed to spores from
the previous generation of mushrooms and otherwise left alone. The
mushrooms were left to grow until they went to spore and the growth
within each box was examined on a daily basis.

Results I:
The mushrooms in the unmodified box became visible twelve days after the
box was exposed to spores. They grew steadily for the next six days,
reaching an average size of four ounces per mushroom. On the nineteenth
day, growth ceased. Spores were released on the twenty-first day.

The mushrooms in the box with outer amethysts first became visible ten
days after their exposure to spores. Their early growth was faster than
that of the unmodified sample, with the mushrooms reaching an average
weight of six ounces on the fourteenth day. After that point, their
growth ceased and they went to spore on the twentieth day.

The mushrooms whose mulch had been treated with amethyst became visible
on the sixth day of the experiment. They went on to grow at a vastly
accelerated rate, reaching an average weight of nearly ten ounces by the
eleventh day, at which point their growth abruptly stopped. They went to
spore on the eighteenth day.

It should be noted that the waxy quality of the mushroom's exterior was
vastly more evident in the mushrooms that had been exposed to harmonic
energy.

Experiment II:
At this point it became abundantly clear that treating the mulch was the
best way to expose the mushrooms to harmonic energy, and a follow-up
experiment was focused in that area. Once again, a series of eleven
growth boxes was prepared. Of these, one control was left untreated.
Each of the others was treated with the powder of prepared amethysts,
each with a different quantity ranging from the powder of one to ten
gems, so as to isolate the effect of the quantity of powder in
increasing the growth rate. These boxes were allowed to grow as allowed
in Experiment I.

Results II:
All of the treated boxes experienced faster growth than the untreated
box. Increasing the quantity of powder lead to a greater increase in
growth rate until it had reached the quantity of seven gemstones. After
reaching this peak the effect declined. The box which had been exposed
to ten powdered amethysts showed a growth rate that was marginally
greater than that of the box which had been exposed to four amethysts.

Conclusions:
My experimentation illustrates that the growth rate of White Morning
mushrooms may be enhanced through exposure to the harmonic energies of
amethysts. It seems reasonable to presume that other varieties of
mushroom would show a similar increase in growth rate when
exposed to similar conditions. Furthermore, my work shows that powdering
the gemstones and mixing them into the growth medium is a highly
effective way to expose the growing mushrooms to the harmonic energies
of the stones.

I believe that my work may be expanded upon and used to develop new
method to cultivate mushrooms as a food item for the Collective.
However, it also begs several questions, which I shall attempt to
address.

At present, it is unclear why powdered gemstones are so effective in
supplying harmonic energy. It seems reasonable to presume that the
ground gemstones serve as a sort of fertilizer for the growing
mushrooms. However, it is not clear whether energies are slowly released
from the ground stones into the growing mushrooms directly, or if
instead the the energies permeated the mulch itself before being
absorbed by the mushrooms in the usual way. Likewise it remains a
mystery as to why the powdered gems, which would be useless for most
usual techniques for using their power, can have an effect on the
mushrooms at all.

It should be noted that a researcher by the name of Telonea has
performed similar experiments upon medicinal plants. She found that
applying harmonic gems to growing plants proved fruitless. Given that
harmonic techniques have been successfully applied to both animal and
fungal organisms, but not plants, one can reasonably conclude that
animals and fungus share a fundamental trait that resonates with
harmonic frequencies and is absent from plants. Experiments designed to
discover the nature of this trait would likely be of great use to the
Collective and should be pursued at the earliest opportunity.

Finally, we must address the matter of other gemstones. Given that the
fungus has been observed to react to the presence of prepared amethysts,
we must presume that they would also react to the presence of other
prepared stones. While the harmonic energies of some of these stones
would most likely be beneficial, others would most likely be dangerous.

It is certain that more experimentation is needed to fully understand
this phenomenon. Given the likelihood that it could lead to practical
benefits for the Collective, I recommend further investigation in order
to resolve the previously mentioned questions.