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Which fungus is Beatani?
I personally think she is Claviceps purpurea, also known as ergot fungus. Ergot affects primarily affects outcrossing grass species such as rye, but also wheat and oats ocassionally. When it grows on these grains it produces a fruit body that when consumed will give you symptoms of mania, psychosis, headaches and nausea, which sounds just like a normal day of watching Beatani. Ergot also is quite epidemic. Most years there is no ergot at all but then all of a sudden ergot infects every field of rye in the village and the whole village descends into chaos and mental illness which has happened many times in history, this sounds just like when she first visited /vt/ for the first time and affecting us all with an menhera episode spanning multiple months. Ergot also exclusively reproduces with asexual spores which fits because Beatani will probably never sexually reproduce.