Arthur identifies a beautiful ringless Amanita in the forest 🧒🏼🍄 Although Ringless Amanitas, also called Grisettes, are all considered edible, they are related to, and share many of the key ID features of some of the most deadly mushrooms in the world, such as The Death Cap (Amanita phalloides) and The Destroying Angel (Amanita virosa). For this reason, it's always recommended that novice foragers avoid gathering Amanitas for eating, but like Arthur is doing here, exploring and practicing cor

An ode to Amanita muscaria under Oak trees here in Napa. This is the Fly Agaric or Mario mushroom, a charismatic and easily recognized species that grows worldwide. They are toxic in that they contain ibotenic acid ad Muscimol, which can make you 🥴🤢🤮💩😵‍💫😴 if consumed. You can convert the ibotenic acid into Muscimol via heat, UV, and low pH if you want to explore using it as an entheogen (dissociative sedative). You can also boil with 2x changes of water to turn these into a safe edible mu

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