Dan Belton ( No Badger Cull ) In Memoriam
Amanita muscaria
I hope I've got the name right, I've always wanted to see one of these. 600mm is probably not the ideal focal length for fungi ! According to Wikipedia :
Although generally considered poisonous, deaths are extremely rare, and it is consumed as a food in parts of Europe, Asia, and North America after parboiling. Amanita muscaria is now primarily famed for its hallucinogenic properties, with its main psychoactive constituent being the compound muscimol. It was used as an intoxicant and entheogen by the peoples of Siberia and has a religious significance in these cultures. There's at least two words there I don't understand !
It also says there is some evidence that Amanita muscaria contained the substance used by the vikings to produce their berserker rages in battle, not a fungi to be trifled with ! Or to make a trifle out of for that matter...............
A song by the band Bardo Pond from their album entitled Amanita, possibly an acquired taste.............
Amanita muscaria
I hope I've got the name right, I've always wanted to see one of these. 600mm is probably not the ideal focal length for fungi ! According to Wikipedia :
Although generally considered poisonous, deaths are extremely rare, and it is consumed as a food in parts of Europe, Asia, and North America after parboiling. Amanita muscaria is now primarily famed for its hallucinogenic properties, with its main psychoactive constituent being the compound muscimol. It was used as an intoxicant and entheogen by the peoples of Siberia and has a religious significance in these cultures. There's at least two words there I don't understand !
It also says there is some evidence that Amanita muscaria contained the substance used by the vikings to produce their berserker rages in battle, not a fungi to be trifled with ! Or to make a trifle out of for that matter...............
A song by the band Bardo Pond from their album entitled Amanita, possibly an acquired taste.............