A Visit from Angels
Its that time of year when we're visited by angels..
The destroying angels.
It's amazing. Besides the ones that grow around here that you can eat, these are my favorite mushrooms. They have this cold beauty about them that, once you recognize what they are and learn to spot them, is entrancing. They're like ghosts; forgotten specters of an ancient age.
I wouldn't rip them out for all the tea in Britain.
They're solid white (death cap has a silvery/gray top.) The stem is ringed. And most importantly, it grows from a broken egg shaped base. I don't think touching them can hurt you enough to notice, but eating them will kill you.
What's more, it's such a slow poison, you wont notice for some time.
By then its usually too late for anyone to do anything about it, except pray.
All that being said, I love our mushrooms (and we have lots!) It's one of the things that make this place special. Had I the opportunity to buy a new place, I would very much like another north facing hill for mushrooms and other rare native plants.
-'The Digger'
It's amazing that something that beautiful can be so deadly...
It really is. Just wait till the fly amanitas pops back out ;) There also both dangerous and beautiful.
You'll post photos, right?
Ya i will, saw one today but is was a sad example..
My north facing hill has TONS of various fungus. It is quite the cornucopia each spring and fall, I just wish my identification abilities were better. I am learning slowly and carefully, but there are so many I end up just picking a sample and getting pictures. I have spore prints of a few that were unique.
Your as lucky as we are! I have always stuck to the basics, leaning thats deadly here, and learning whats edible BUT almost impossible to miss identify.. Chicken of the woods.. morel..puffball,,etc
Mushrooms are crazy. I guess thats why I like hunting them and reading cool posts like this. :)
They really are! Earlier this year we found a few yellow morels!
I just love taking photos of mushrooms. They are lovely and delicate in their own way. Thanks for posting🐓
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