Other magicians with water.

hablu · Post by **hablu** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 6:35 am

Since a day or two in my garden: Amanita muscaria. deadly poisonous, but very beautfull.They grow around a group of birches on poor not disturbed ground. These pics are from last year november. Now there are only two of them (but we didn't have real rains yet). Last year more than thirty. Harry

Cac Joh · Post by **Cac Joh** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 10:12 am

Beautiful mushrooms hablu

. Down here they mainly grow around pine trees.

Post by **daiv** » Fri Oct 20, 2006 9:16 pm

Looks right out of a children's book or something.

ihc6480 · Post by **ihc6480** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 12:58 am

Neat looking mushrooms.

perrycornish · Post by **perrycornish** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:39 pm

I really enjoy looking for and photographing fungi, Harry. It was good to see these, we too have them but like Cac Joh ours are mainly under pines, although not exclusively. As you can imagine this is my season of contentment, out in search of the little guys

hablu · Post by **hablu** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 2:51 pm

Thank you for your kind words.
Perry, I used to do the same once in the pre-digital life.(Still have hundreds of photographs) So maybe it's time to pick this up again. here another one from the frond-yard. Don't know it's name. greets Harry

perrycornish · Post by **perrycornish** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 8:17 pm

Looks as though that might be one of the Russulas Harry, what do you think? I would need to be in The Netherlands to be certain

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Tue Oct 31, 2006 2:15 pm

Now those are some cool lookin shrooms!
Here is what I get to look forward to around my house,I dont know they are but they smell awfull!
Note the pool of black smelly fluid driping from the top,nasty!

nachtkrabb · Post by **nachtkrabb** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:31 pm

Hallo, Harry,
your title about Magicians fits very well. In German, Amanita muscaria is called Fly Mushroom - not because of the insect, but because medieval "witches" used the mushrooms as drugs for flying hallucinations.... (Lophophores williamsii sends his respects.)

I have read that you can cook a good, healthy soup from the young mushrooms, though. (I will never try!)
Ruth

hablu · Post by **hablu** » Sat Nov 11, 2006 11:36 pm

No, don't mess around with Amanita's. two youngsters overhere got in the hospital in very bad condition not long ago. Every year there are some victims. Harry

perrycornish · Post by **perrycornish** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 12:12 pm

Tony, that is, and it won't surprise you

a Common Stinkhorn or if you want to be a scholar Phallus impudicus. You are not wrong they do stink don't they?

Tony · Post by **Tony** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 2:38 pm

Never thought I would get an ID On cactiguide for a "common stinkhorn"

,But I'll take anything I can get.

I have another name for that stinker

but this is a family web site.
Thanks Perry.

Tony

perrycornish · Post by **perrycornish** » Sun Nov 12, 2006 2:50 pm

Tony said

I have another name for that stinker Laughing but this is a family web site.

All I can say is 'what could it be, I wonder

YumAz · Post by **YumAz** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 12:45 pm

maybe the water is magic

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Tony · Post by **Tony** » Tue Nov 28, 2006 1:48 pm

What would we do without water.