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| Amanita muscaria, December 5 |
There's a narrow garden between someone's house and the sidewalk that I often walk past. Back in September I photographed a bunch of princess flower petals lying on the ground there. This time the attraction has been arguably the most iconic of all fungi, the Fly Agaric (my last walkabout fungus was of Latticed Stinkhorn).
Besides being used as poison to kill flies, this gorgeous mushroom also produces an hallucinogenic compound called muscimol. Check out mycologist Tom Volk's Fungus of the Month for December 1999 to read all about its effects and how the Vikings used it to become berserkers!
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| Blooming Mushrooms, Blooming Flowers (click image to view larger) |
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