[Leica] IMG: Poison Mushrooms

[douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)]

Len,
sometimes posted shots open up vistas of new knowledge.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_muscaria

Someone in Wikipedia seems to know a whole lot about Fly Agarics - a 
quite fascinating read.

Thanks for posting the shots.
Cheers
Douglas

Leonard Taupier wrote:
> After three days of on and off rain I found these mushrooms 
> surrounding my small Spruce tree in my back yard. It was strange that 
> they were no where else in the yard.
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/M8/AmanitaMuscaria.jpg.html>
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> <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/LeonardT/M8/AmanitaMuscaria_2.jpg.html>
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> One of the mushrooms behind the tree was about 10" in diameter. Before 
> I could take it's picture it fell over and broke.
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> I identified the mushroom as a Amanita Muscaria var. formosa. These 
> mushrooms are found throughout the USA. On the west coast the cap 
> color is more red where on the east coast  they are more orange or 
> yellow.  If anyone can identify it as a different type please correct me.
>
> This mushroom is listed as poisonous but has been used as a 
> hallucinogen if prepared properly and in small quantities but can also 
> cause a person to go into a coma after becoming sick.
>
> Thanks for looking.
> Len
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