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04/09/2005 05:49:46 AM · #1 |
OK, Maybe fungi...
It's that season again (Autumn/fall) when we get huge numbers of toadstills popping up inder the elm, oak, and silver birch trees down our drive... Last year I missed the oppertunity to take some pics as I was 'between cameras' so to speak.
So come one folks, show us your fungi... (No althletes foot photos, please, I just had tea...)
Cheers, Chris H.
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04/09/2005 06:13:52 AM · #2 |
| these I think are Fly algaric, and a bit poison as well not advisable to partake of them with the Speights.!!! |
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04/09/2005 06:45:46 AM · #3 |
Hmmm,
Well, you naming the mushroom (It's not a toadstill apparently) led to be doing some googling. It appears that one can smoke these things, and they have some historical significance for some religeous sects... Isn't the internet a wonderful thing?
Not only that, it would appear that I have a very old organisim living under my drive. :-).
For your reading entertainment:
//www.shee-eire.com/Herbs,Trees&Fungi/Fungus/Fly-agaric/main.htm
//peyote.com/jonstef/flyagaric.htm
//psychicinvestigator.com/Drugs/FlyAgar.htm
Cheers, Me.
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04/09/2005 07:10:57 AM · #4 |
| So.... are you going to smoke one? :-D |
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04/09/2005 07:32:03 AM · #5 |
| I've never heard of a toadstill before. Is that the New Zealand term for toadstool? |
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04/09/2005 08:17:00 AM · #6 |
Frogs are not allow to sit on them either. They are reserved for Toads.
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04/09/2005 09:06:41 AM · #7 |
if you enjoy starving yourself for days, violent stomach eruption, and drinking your own urine this is the drug for you ;}
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04/09/2005 09:29:49 AM · #8 |
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04/09/2005 04:00:30 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
So.... are you going to smoke one? :-D |
I'd be thinking not... The sites that refered to that were a little, errr, suspect. I'm sticking with what I learnt about them when I was a kid.. ie: they're poison.
Originally posted by TechnoShroom:
I've never heard of a toadstill before. Is that the New Zealand term for toadstool? |
If you can't spell, yes.. :-). And as it happens, these things turned out to be mushrooms.
We seem to get lots of them here in NZ, pretty much everywhere I've lived has had a few at this time of year, but the place we're in now has 100's of them.
Cheers, Me.
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04/09/2005 04:03:13 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by dsa157:
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Cool sunshade..
And reading some websites, your title is bang-on. Apparently one of the chemicals present in these mushrooms is 'phsycoactive'. :-).
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04/09/2005 04:29:43 PM · #11 |
I have always loved the mushrooms. I think they are one of the most fascinating creatures.
In my country there's no Amanita's growing in the wild, so I can't get such colorful and exciting photos as yours, but here are some of the fairies' tenements in my parent's back yard ;-)
 
Message edited by author 2005-04-09 16:30:26.
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04/09/2005 04:59:47 PM · #12 |
Well it's almost "Mushroom Hunting Season" here in Michigan, about 3 or 4 more weeks.
We "Hunt" Morel's, and trust me they are very edible and a blast to try to find!!
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04/09/2005 08:24:27 PM · #13 |
We get quite a few interesting fungi round here.. The red (fly agaric) ones are the most photogenic, but there are some neat tree resident ones, and quite a few more conventional brown/fairy mushrooms.
The other handy thing about the red jobs is their size. The 'big brother' in the photo above is now 10" across.. Makes them a lot easier to find & capture.
Many of the interesting ones to photograph would require a macro lens, which I don't currently have. (It's on the wish list.) Although the 17-40 can get quite close, it only gets me 1:0.24 which isn't really macro territory.
I'll go fungi hunting later on today if I get a chance. We've got a pretty good crop this year. :-)
Cheers, Me.
(I got fungi on the brain, it a good way.)
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04/09/2005 08:29:39 PM · #14 |
Originally posted by KiwiChris:
We get quite a few interesting fungi round here.. The red (fly agaric) ones are the most photogenic, but there are some neat tree resident ones, and quite a few more conventional brown/fairy mushrooms.
The other handy thing about the red jobs is their size. The 'big brother' in the photo above is now 10" across.. Makes them a lot easier to find & capture.
Many of the interesting ones to photograph would require a macro lens, which I don't currently have. (It's on the wish list.) Although the 17-40 can get quite close, it only gets me 1:0.24 which isn't really macro territory.
I'll go fungi hunting later on today if I get a chance. We've got a pretty good crop this year. :-)
Cheers, Me.
(I got fungi on the brain, it a good way.) |
LOL
Too funny Chris! |
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04/09/2005 08:31:22 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by KiwiChris:
We get quite a few interesting fungi round here.. The red (fly agaric) ones are the most photogenic ... |
Full name is Amanita muscaria. While not as routinely deadly as its relative Amanita phalloides ("Death Cap") it is a very dangerous product to consume in any amount.
Many universities have mycology departments which will assist in the ID of wild mushrooms, and some large cities (e.g. San Francisco) have mycological socities which also hold fairs and conduct tours. |
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