Monday, 12 October 2020

Fungi, Folklore, and Fairyland

quote [ From fairy-rings to Lewis Carroll's Alice, mushrooms have long been entwined with the supernatural in art and literature. What might this say about past knowledge of hallucinogenic fungi? Mike Jay looks at early reports of mushroom-induced trips and how one species in particular became established as a stock motif of Victorian fairyland. ]

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lilmookieesquire said @ 2:16am GMT on 13th October
One of my things was reading mushroom picker disaster stories

A big one is people from Indonesia who come to California.

California has poisonous mushrooms that look *very* similar to edible delicious mushrooms in Indonesia.


lilmookieesquire said @ 2:23am GMT on 13th October
One of my things was reading mushroom picker disaster stories

A big one is people from Indonesia who come to California.

California has poisonous mushrooms that look *very* similar to edible delicious mushrooms in Indonesia.

Ie
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/nov/13/nearly-died-eating-wild-mushrooms

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/magazine/26lives-t.html

This is a favorite:
http://bayareamushrooms.org/poisonings/afatalmistake.html



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lilmookieesquire said @ 2:16am GMT on 13th October
One of my things was reading mushroom picker disaster stories

A big one is people from Indonesia who come to California.

California has poisonous mushrooms that look *very* similar to edible delicious mushrooms in Indonesia.

Ie
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2010/nov/13/nearly-died-eating-wild-mushrooms

https://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/magazine/26lives-t.html

This is a favorite:
http://bayareamushrooms.org/poisonings/afatalmistake.html




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