Monday, November 23, 2009

Mycology in the City


Biking home along the Burke Gilman after dropping Lochlan off at school, I passed a woman who had just harvested a beautiful and shockingly large mushroom. I asked her about it, and she said "This is the most remarkable specimen I have ever collected." I followed up with "Do you know the name of the species?" Without missing a beat she said "Amanita muscaria." I love Seattle. :)

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