One day when she was scouting the everfree forest for unknown plants Ninroot came upon a somewhat large cave with a strange glowing, transparent mushroom in the far corner. Since Ninroot couldn't find that in any of her plant journals she decided to up root it and take it home with her to study and grow enough to sell to the ponies of Ponyville, but when she brings the glowing mushroom back Techie is suspicious about its appearance.