We went hunting/searching for the perfect Christmas tree over the weekend. There is a place just about an hour from Seattle in Stanwood, that we love to go to. While I saw lots of brown mushrooms amongst the trees, I stumbled upon this most beautiful mushroom in the field under the trees. There were two of them, and only two, in the whole farm. Do you know what type of mushroom this is?
Muy lindo y todos tus trabajos, paty
ReplyDeletethank you paty!
ReplyDeleteThose are beautiful mushrooms!! I will see if I can find the name for you! They look like they came right out of a fairy tale!
ReplyDeleteWere they actually red 'in the flesh'? If so they are Fly Agaric and considered poisonous. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_muscaria
ReplyDeleteThat mushroom is an amanita. It's very poisonous but beautiful. The beauty is what attracts people to it. It accounts for 90% of mushroom related deaths. When people eat it they end up on dialysis for life, if they are very lucky.
ReplyDeleteIf I remember I'll bring a book on it with me Sunday.
I've been a mushroom hunter for a long time.
yup its an arminita
ReplyDeletebet you found them under birch trees...
"http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/dec99.html"