I'm hoping to find a plant/mold/fungus that is relatively uncommon (but still found) in North America that causes a distinct rash or other symptom in some or all people, whether on its own or when combined with something else (another plant, sunlight, chemicals, whatever).
Anyone have any ideas?
Basically, I need something that would enable the reader to know with relative certainty that a certain character must have been in a specific place (a specific part of an elaborate garden), so I need it to be a rash (or whatever) that could be caused only by the specific plant, and I need it to be a plant that is uncommon enough that it could be reasonably assumed he came into contact with it there and not in his own backyard.
Also, the story is set in the 1920s, so it would need to be identified with means no more sophisticated than what would have been available to doctors at the time.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Anyone have any ideas?
Basically, I need something that would enable the reader to know with relative certainty that a certain character must have been in a specific place (a specific part of an elaborate garden), so I need it to be a rash (or whatever) that could be caused only by the specific plant, and I need it to be a plant that is uncommon enough that it could be reasonably assumed he came into contact with it there and not in his own backyard.
Also, the story is set in the 1920s, so it would need to be identified with means no more sophisticated than what would have been available to doctors at the time.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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