Sunday, October 23, 2011

Gnome Home

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Fly Agaric (Amanita muscaria)

This species may be recognized from illustrations in children's books, as the classical fairy or gnome mushroom or toadstool, (more often in red). It may be the source of the folk term "toadstool" as it was once thought that handling toads would give you warts, and if a toad sat on a mushroom, it would develop warts as well...hence toadstool.

The Fly Agaric is poisonus, but will not cause death in humans. The poison was once used to kill house flies.

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39 comments:

  1. Gosh I've got to look for those!! Boom & Gary of the Vermilon River, Canada.

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  2. Cool shot and I've learned something new today as well. Thanks :))

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  3. A beautiful photo. Sounds like a sweet.

    Greetings from Roberto

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  4. Any mushroom that is so brilliantly yellow cannot be good!

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  5. It's beautiful! Have a fabulous week.

    Liz @ MLC

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  6. Wow, that is an incredible shot! Perfect.

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  7. ...love the title for your post, and the photographs. Fungi make for such interesting pics.

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  8. mushrooms are beautiful subjects. love our post--thanks for the info on toadstool.:p

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  9. great pic and very interesting info! well done *VBS*

    PS - sorta reminds me of a cheese pizza - on a stick! *LOL*

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  10. Hi there - as we say in our family "impressive 'shrooms" - but then again we are just a bit silly at times!

    Stewart M - Australia

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  11. I have never seen a mushroom quite like this one! Lovely photo and interesting information!

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  12. Wonderful this outstanding yellow mushroom in the grey earth.

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  13. Pretty bright color and close up shot!

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  14. Very special such a yellow mushroom, mostly they are white, brown or red.

    Greetings,Filip

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  15. A yellow mushroom? Awesome! Happy Monday!

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  16. Great colors and the information makes the picture even more interesting.

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  17. such a pretty little thing in yellow!

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  18. what a perfect shot...am sure the gnome is there...lol!

    thanks for the visit....great to be here...:)

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  19. Poisonous, but beautiful! The red variety gives hallucinations, and was apparently eaten by the nordic vikings before they went berserk :-)

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  20. Karen girl you get the most extraordinary photos of these amazing little plants .. I love these types of pictures of the forest floor .. makes me think of my childhood and how much I loved playing in the woods : )
    Joy
    Rain day here .. meaning pajama day! haha .. hope you are feeling a bit better ?

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  21. Not only did I love your macro mellow yellow shot of this toadstool, I enjoy learn about the origins of the name.
    Thanks, Karen.

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  22. Wow ! what a beautiful picture ! Even I could live in this home, lol !

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  23. I'm lovin' that color, very warm.

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  24. I kept looking at the picture expecting a gnome or an elf or brownie to emerge! Perfect picture!

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  25. Great photo and information... nice post!

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  26. Great shot. I haven't seen a yellow mushroom yet. Thank you for sharing.

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  27. Fantastic details and I love the yellow color.

    Happy MM

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  28. that was certainly very yellow. Never seen that strong color before I tink.

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  29. I've never seen a mushroom quite like this one. Great find!

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  30. Oh I like this. Wonderful shot of a unique fungus. It was interesting to learn about the term, "Toadstool."

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  31. Oh wow..what a wonderful find! Just beautiful..

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  32. great photo and I love the title of your post

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  33. love this little guy, good title too :)

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  34. I've never seen a mushroom this yellow!
    Nice find.

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  35. beautiful shot an dlovely blog...greetings from tulipland...

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