Halloween mushrooms, Magic or what!!

[Kkimm]

No wonder we think of mushrooms and toadstools as magic. They appear overnight and in such amazing colours, shapes and patterns. The red one with white spots is the Fly Agaric. It is where the iconic image of a fairytale toadstool in children's stories comes from. It has a further association with magic in that it is supposed to have been used by so called witches who took it to help them fly through the air on broomsticks. It has hallucinogenic properties when eaten and so made the taker feel as if they were flying.

However the name Fly Agaric does not have its origins here, it was used as a means to kill flies in cottage homes by being put in milk in a saucer which the flies were attracted to and then poisoned when they sipped the contents.

Kim

[Nathalie99 Partner]

I like colorful mushrooms, they are very pretty.

I used to pick up mushrooms as a child and knew them very well as some look similar to those that are poisonous.

It is fascinating story about the origin of the legends.

Nature has so many wonders.

[Kkimm in reply to Nathalie99]

Thanks Nathalie

[Shy_Guy]

I so much love mushrooms. I wished I could find them regularly, but they seem to come and go very quickly. When I do find them, I try to get very close to them and take a side view of them. This can be very embarrassing because I have to lie on the ground next to them to take photographs. I get some crazy looks doing this ;). I keep doing it though because they are so fascinating. Thanks for showing us them.

[Kkimm in reply to Shy_Guy]

Thanks for your reply, yes I did lie or crouch down to get the more side view.

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Awesome pics..im waiting for a cute little gnome to pop out,lol

[Kkimm]

Yeah I know what you mean. Thanks for your reply.

Kim