Toadstools are Small.
November 2, 2009
And they grow in my courtyard. Take a look:
It turns out that these are fly Amanitae, which = psychoactive and potentially poisonous. So, probably won’t be eating those. However, my Sweetie and I noticed a load of other mushrooms a-sprouting around the yard, not all of them spotty. What’s more, last weekend, I saw our neighbor and his main squeeze trolling the grass like truffle pigs and snapping up toadies left and right.
If that’s not living Small, I don’t know what is. Foraging in the backyard for foodstuffs? Totally fly! Any recommendations for ID’ing these funky fungi?
It might be worth picking up some of David Arora’s books. All That the Rain Promises and More is a very thorough pocket-sized book, with quite possibly the best cover ever. It stands alone but also directs you to pages in his much larger, more detailed tome, Mushrooms Demystified. Arora does a good job of pointing out the poisonous look-alikes, and which mushrooms can safely be identified by a novice. When in doubt, you can bring your specimens to a Puget Sound Mycological Society meeting for a professional to identify.
Wow, thanks, Michelle. Great resources.
You need Steve “Wildman” Brill (leader of Central Park foraging tours), or his West-Coat doppleganger. Surely someone does foraging tours in the land of you?
I bet someone does. Maybe even the mushroom man at the farmers market. I will investigate.
p.s. We MISS you.
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Darn, the name of those mushrooms slips my mind but they are very popular. Red spotted mushrooms are found in a lot of children stories.
Found it!
The infamous Amanita Muscaria mushroom.
http://www.freenaturepictures.com/amanita-muscaria-1.php