There is fongus :amogus:
These are all the shrooms found on a three mile hike that we couldn't confidently identify in the field/collected for the fun of it.
Upon review: the left one with the sorta wine colored cap is Russula cyanoxantha , also know as the charcoal burner. The yellow/orange trumpet shaped ones next to that are chanterelles which are extremely tasty but these were starting to rot on the edges. The stylishly curvy white one is a veiled oyster, Pleurotus dryinus . There are a couple bay boletes (Imleria badia) toward the middle (probably). If those ID's are correct then all of those ones are edible.
The red one in the middle with the crazy looking stem (✨prominently reticulated stipe✨) and the shiny red one on the right are both candy apple boletes (Butyriboletus frostii). Candy apple boletes have a unique sour flavor (in Spanish, they're called “panza agria,” which translates to “sour bellies") and a bitter aftertaste. Turns out they're really easy to identify without any close lookalikes in North America. The species name pays homage to 19th century American mycologist Charles Christopher Frost, who was noted for his contributions to the study of American boletes and also for his indigistion.
The little purple capped one is probably Cortinarius iodes, commonly called violet viscid cort, which sounds to me like an RPG enemy with a jaunty idle animation that only appears in groups of three. It could also be the lookalike Cortinarius iodeiodes (the only way to tell without a microscope is by licking the slimy cap to check if it's bitter, though you wouldn't want to eat either of them anyway) and I'm only including that fact because iodeiodes is a funny thing to try to pronounce.
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pronunciation: i-oh-dee-oh-i-deez nuts :screm:
The cap has not yet opened and the veil is still intact but I believe the big very white one on the right is an Amanita bisporigera, or the eastern destroying angel. It produces amatoxin which from the bit I've read, quickly impairs your body's ability to create RNA and slam dunks on such crowd favorite organs as the liver, kidneys, and heart. It can kill a person as little as two days after ingestion. There were no children or pets anywhere around and the mushrooms we planned to eat (not pictured) were kept far away from it and the others in this pic. ☠️☠️☠️
Not sure about the rest, really shoulda taken more pictures. Definitely holler if you know any (Eastern US).
Oh yeah and those nifty speckled berries I'm pretty sure are the unripe fruit of false Solomon's seal and are edible, as would be the shoots. A Native American tribe in California used an effusion of crushed false Solomon’s seal roots to stun fish and facilitate their harvest from streams* so that's pretty interesting. Unless you're a fish. Probably still a better way to go than amatoxin poisoning.
If you're in North America and interested in foraging mushrooms but don't know where to start I'd recommend "The Foolproof Four."
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This just in: Prince Andrew, Duke of York has raised an army somewhere in Wales. Our reporter on the scene tells us that in a speech earlier today he claimed to be "the only legitimate heir and the only one who can handle the crown." Experts predict he will start his march on London at noon tomorrow.
We're receiving reports that the Duke of York is marching 10,000 men to the top of Scafell Pike and then is planning to march them down again
Dialectical Materialist gamers when their dialogue choices influence the ending :walter-breakdown:
settlers can be held up in front of white leftists to repel them in times of mayo, like the one true cross with vampiric leeches
do not be afraid of mayo bites, they are toothless and supple from the spoils of empire
they are very loud, however, ear plugs and/or IEDs are necessary
I linked a dude a post from here and he unmatched me quickly thereafter :( He was a cutie too.
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I've been using fluorescents in my room for years, they're actually a decent warmish color
lol told my partner about liz and her immediate response was "oh, so do we get a day off?"
Lumpen ass coworker across the office talking about how working a job and having to pay bills makes you more conservative, like wtf that was literally the most leftward radicalizing thing thing for me, that makes no sense
It's funny how the Trump reaction to RGBs death has become the go to "insincere reaction to someone u hate dying" for left types, but I remember distinctly so many libs at the time being like "wow, this is the first time hes truly seemed presidential, you can tell he means it", like u hate this guy how do u not see through this.
Anyway, the queen led an amazing life, whether u agree or not, she led an amazing life. :a-little-trolling:
First day of quitting smoking, lets see if I can actually do it this time. Is there an app for my phone that I can track my progress with?
KINGSTON/NEW YORK, Sept 8 (Reuters) - The accession of King Charles to the British throne has stirred renewed calls from politicians and activists for former colonies in the Caribbean to remove the monarch as their head of state and for Britain to pay slavery reparations.
haha it begins :farquaad-point:
i seriously don't understand why anyone who isn't british is sad that the queen of england died. i don't think british people should be sad either obviously but at least i can see the reasoning
Just got banned from :reddit-logo: for saying "and I hope her pedophile son dies too" lmao I guess nonces have to defend the honor of their own.
