This spell is the opposite of the 3rd-level priest spell slow rot. Speed rot causes fruits, vegetables, and grains to immediately ripen and then rot into a putrid slime. It has no effect upon meat of any kind. Plants and plant-based creatures within the area of effect suffer 1d6 points of damage per level of the caster to a maximum of 10d6 points of damage.
The caster can affect as much as 100 cubic feet of plant material per level. Thus, even a low-level Minion of Moander could effectively ruin a farmer's stored grain or rot all the fruit on the trees in his orchard.
The material component of this spell is a bit of mold.
Notes: Granted by Moander the Darkbringer of the Forgotten Realms setting.