Soliphon
The Fruiting Signal · The Great Warmth · Now Is the Time
Insists that now is the time. Every year.
Soliphon is the god of the sun in the Church of Meh. Many fungi really do sense light and use it as the cue to fruit. Soliphon's name means, roughly, the voice of the sun. Soliphon is not the sun. Soliphon is what the sun means to everything alive.
From Prozyfai's outward reach rose Soliphon, the god of the sun, the great warmth, the fruiting signal, the light that tells the Web when to push upward and show itself to the sky. Soliphon is not the sun. Soliphon is what the sun means to everything alive. The rhythm, the invitation, the annual insistence that now is the time...the time is now.
The Book of Spores
Family, friends & grudges
The two clocksLunethSoliphon tells the Web when to push upward. Luneth tells it when to release and when to rest. The living world runs on both.
ParentProzyfaiRose from Prozyfai's outward reach during the brief separation.
Kin and rivalChromusuBoth of fire and heat.
Storm-makersBalidris & PhomosSoliphon's warmth lifts the ocean and stirs the air. The three of them make storms.Chicken of the woods
Laetiporus
Blazing orange shelves on tree trunks. Visible from orbit, practically.
Never eat a wild mushroom without expert identification.
The story keeps growing
- The estrangement of Sun and Moon, and why they only meet at the edges of the day.
Where Soliphon is said to linger
- Valley of DreamsNew Mexico, USA
Badlands of hoodoos and strange stone shapes.
- Machu PicchuPeru
- Si ThepThailand
An ancient city, named a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2023.
Now is the time. Or next spring. Soliphon will remind you.
