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Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Amanita muscaria

Here is a kind of mushroom that I look for every year because they are so colorful and have such a long and controversial history. Consequently I was very happy when I was alerted to this group growing in one of Victoria's residential neighborhoods. These beauties are both poisonous and psychoactive. They are called Amanita Muscaria or Fly Agaric and are probably the mushroom that most people think of when they think of wild mushrooms.

4 comments:

Stefan Jansson said...

I do the same. Known as Röd Flugsamp in Sweden. Very photogenic it is.

JoJo said...

Pretty! Sort of looks like a flan.

Stephanie said...

Thanks for the name of these pretty mushrooms.

William Kendall said...

Fascinating textures to these mushrooms!