🍄 Meet the real-life Mario mushroom: Amanita muscaria! As one of the most iconic mushrooms around, you may recognize it from Alice in Wonderland or the Mario super mushroom power up! Fly Agaric’s fruiting body emerges from the soil covered in a white veil of pointy warts. The red pellicle emerges as the cap grows and flattens with maturity to about 20cm wide. They have white gills and white spores. These beauties are poisonous and psychoactive ⚠️ . I was absolutely delighted to come across thes

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

The Truth About Santa and Amanita muscaria

Amanita muscaria matures from a small egg structure covered by a universal veil. Even after being picked, the mushroom continues to grow as long as it gets moisture. Here I am growing this in my Mella Mushroom Chamber (~80% humidity) and sprayed with water. This mushroom contains ibotenic acid that is mildly toxic (🤢🤮💩) and Muscimol (😵‍💫😴). You can double boil this mushroom to make it edible - but be very careful eating Amanitas as there are several deadly species. This time lapse took ~5