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Origin: Mexico (San Luis Potosí)
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Kingdom:Plantae
(unranked):Angiosperms
(unranked):Eudicots
(unranked):Core eudicots
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Cactaceae
Subfamily:Cactoideae
Tribe:Cacteae
Genus:Pelecyphora
Species:P. aselliformis
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Supporting my view of Crone Wood as an enchanted place, we found toadstools by the path. Surely evidence of fairy activity.
It's a Fly Agaric, the quintessential toadstool, deadly if you eat 15 at once, otherwise slightly trippy. We decided to let it be.
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See also Crone Wood Pass.
While hiking the trails of Mt. Diablo, I soon learned that there were two birds that loved to perch on Jimson Weed pus (see below), and I pursued them. I would just park me near a water trough where this weed was king, its roots spreading for an acre around the trough.
I took many photos of Western Bluebirds and Black Phoebes on the pods, but it after a year that I thought of photographing the vert large white flower that gave rise to the spiked pods.
This is actually very interesting. Just take my word for it.
Datura stramonium, known by the common names thorn apple, jimsonweed (jimson weed), devil's snare, or devil's trumpet, is a species of flowering plant in the nightshade family Solanaceae. Its likely origin was in Central America, and it has been introduced in many world regions. It is an aggressive invasive weed in temperate climates across the world. D. stramonium has frequently been employed in traditional medicine to treat a variety of ailments. It has also been used as a hallucinogen, taken entheogenically to cause intense, sacred or occult visions. It is unlikely ever to become a major drug of abuse owing to effects upon both mind and body frequently perceived subjectively as being highly unpleasant, giving rise to a state of profound and long-lasting disorientation or delirium (anticholinergic syndrome) with a potentially fatal outcome. It contains tropane alkaloids which are responsible for the psychoactive effects, and may be severely toxic.
It is for these reasons that the ranchers on Mt. Diablo hate the stuff, and try to eradicate it near watering holes so that the cattle have fewer hallucinations that the photographers who think that's where they are.
Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a basidiomycete of the genus Amanita. It is also a muscimol mushroom. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine and birch plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species. It associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees.
Arguably the most iconic toadstool species, the fly agaric is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, usually red mushroom, and is one of the most recognizable and widely encountered in popular culture.
Although classified as poisonous, reports of human deaths resulting from its ingestion are extremely rare. After parboiling twice with water draining—which weakens its toxicity and breaks down the mushroom's psychoactive substances—it is eaten in parts of Europe, Asia, and North America. Amanita muscaria is noted for its hallucinogenic properties, with its main psychoactive constituents being the compounds ibotenic acid and muscimol. The mushroom was used as an intoxicant and entheogen by the indigenous peoples of Siberia and by the Sámi, and has a religious significance in these cultures. There has been much speculation on possible traditional use of this mushroom as an intoxicant in other places such as the Middle East, Eurasia, North America, and Scandinavia.
Lion's Tail, Wild Dagga, Leonotis leonurus (Lamiaceae, mint family). The plant is a broadleaf evergreen large shrub native to southern Africa. It is known for its medicinal and mild psychoactive properties. The name 'wild dagga' links it closely to cannabis as 'dagga' derived from the Khoikhoi 'dachab' is an indigenous South African name for cannabis species. The name maybe a misnomer as no part of the plant is used as a hallucinogen.
The flowers attract nectivorous birds (mainly sunbirds), as well as various insects such as butterflies. The flowers' mainly orange to orange-red colour and tubular shape are indicative of its co-evolution with African sunbirds, which have curved bills suited to feeding from tubular flowers.
Leonotis leonurus is cultivated as an ornamental plant for its copious orange blossom spikes and is used as an accent or screen in gardens and parks. It is moderately drought tolerant, and a nectar source for birds and butterflies in landscape settings. It was introduced to Europe in the 1600's. Lion's tail can especially be found in other subtropical and Mediterranean climate regions beyond South Africa such as California, Hawaii, and Australia where it has naturalized in areas. In cooler climates it is used as an annual and winter conservatory plant. (Wikipedia)
I love fly agaric, to me they are the perfect toadstool and I have never seen so many perfect ones as I did this day in Black Park, Berkshire, I must have seen over 200 of them, all shapes and sizes from perfect little button mushroom to massive great big flat dinner plates, they were everywhere.
Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a mushroom and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine and birch plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species. It associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees.
The quintessential toadstool, it is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, usually red mushroom, one of the most recognisable and widely encountered in popular culture. Several subspecies with differing cap colour have been recognised, including the brown regalis (often considered a separate species), the yellow-orange flavivolvata, guessowii, formosa, and the pinkish persicina. Genetic studies published in 2006 and 2008 show several sharply delineated clades that may represent separate species.
Although classified as poisonous, reports of human deaths resulting from its ingestion are extremely rare. After parboiling—which weakens its toxicity and breaks down the mushroom's psychoactive substances—it is eaten in parts of Europe, Asia, and North America. Amanita muscaria is noted for its hallucinogenic properties, with its main psychoactive constituent being the compound muscimol. The mushroom was used as an intoxicant and entheogen by the peoples of Siberia, and has a religious significance in these cultures. There has been much speculation on possible traditional use of this mushroom as an intoxicant in other places such as the Middle East, Eurasia, North America, and Scandinavia.
Photographed in an area of Black Park known as Fulmershe Heath, near Iver Heath, Berkshire, UK.
I love fly agaric, to me they are the perfect toadstool and I have never seen so many perfect ones as I did this day in Black Park, Berkshire, I must have seen over 200 of them, all shapes and sizes from perfect little button mushroom to massive great big flat dinner plates, they were everywhere.
Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a mushroom and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine and birch plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species. It associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees.
The quintessential toadstool, it is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, usually red mushroom, one of the most recognisable and widely encountered in popular culture. Several subspecies with differing cap colour have been recognised, including the brown regalis (often considered a separate species), the yellow-orange flavivolvata, guessowii, formosa, and the pinkish persicina. Genetic studies published in 2006 and 2008 show several sharply delineated clades that may represent separate species.
Although classified as poisonous, reports of human deaths resulting from its ingestion are extremely rare. After parboiling—which weakens its toxicity and breaks down the mushroom's psychoactive substances—it is eaten in parts of Europe, Asia, and North America. Amanita muscaria is noted for its hallucinogenic properties, with its main psychoactive constituent being the compound muscimol. The mushroom was used as an intoxicant and entheogen by the peoples of Siberia, and has a religious significance in these cultures. There has been much speculation on possible traditional use of this mushroom as an intoxicant in other places such as the Middle East, Eurasia, North America, and Scandinavia.
Photographed in an area of Black Park known as Fulmershe Heath, near Iver Heath, Berkshire, UK.
The Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) is a small hummingbird, about 8 cm long (3 inches) with a long, straight and very slender bill. The female is slightly larger than the male.
The adult male, (shown in the photo), has a white breast, rufous face, upperparts, flanks and tail and an iridescent orange-red throat patch (gorget). Some males have some green on back and/or crown. The female has green upperparts with some white, some iridescent orange feathers in the center of the throat, and a dark tail with white tips and rufous base. Females and the rare green-backed males are extremely difficult to differentiate from Allen's Hummingbird. This is a typical-sized hummingbird, being a very small bird. It weighs 2–5 g (0.071–0.18 oz), measures 7–9 cm (2.8–3.5 in) long and spans 11 cm (4.3 in) across the wings.
They feed on nectar from flowers using a long extendible tongue or catch insects on the wing. These birds require frequent feeding while active during the day and become torpid at night to conserve energy.
Leonotis leonurus, also known as lion's tail and wild dagga, is a plant species in the Lamiaceae (mint) family. The plant is a broadleaf evergreen large shrub native to South Africa and southern Africa, where it is very common. It is known for its medicinal and mild psychoactive properties. The main psychoactive component of Leonotis leonurus is leonurine.
The Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens. San Marino. California.
The Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) is a small hummingbird, about 8 cm long (3 inches) with a long, straight and very slender bill. The female is slightly larger than the male.
The adult male, (shown in the photo), has a white breast, rufous face, upperparts, flanks and tail and an iridescent orange-red throat patch (gorget). Some males have some green on back and/or crown. The female has green upperparts with some white, some iridescent orange feathers in the center of the throat, and a dark tail with white tips and rufous base. Females and the rare green-backed males are extremely difficult to differentiate from Allen's Hummingbird. This is a typical-sized hummingbird, being a very small bird. It weighs 2–5 g (0.071–0.18 oz), measures 7–9 cm (2.8–3.5 in) long and spans 11 cm (4.3 in) across the wings.
They feed on nectar from flowers using a long extendible tongue or catch insects on the wing. These birds require frequent feeding while active during the day and become torpid at night to conserve energy.
Leonotis leonurus, also known as lion's tail and wild dagga, is a plant species in the Lamiaceae (mint) family. The plant is a broadleaf evergreen large shrub native to South Africa and southern Africa, where it is very common. It is known for its medicinal and mild psychoactive properties. The main psychoactive component of Leonotis leonurus is leonurine.
The Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens. San Marino. California.
Millipedes (class Diplopoda) are very elongated arthropods with cylindrical bodies that have two pairs of legs for each one of their 20 to 100 or more body segments. These animals are detritivores, they eat decaying leaves and other dead plant matter, moisturizing the food with secretions and then scraping it in with the jaws. They are slow and nonvenomous, unlike the somewhat similar and closely related centipedes (class Chilopoda), which have a single pair of legs for each body segment.
Due to their lack of speed and their inability to bite or sting, millipedes' primary defense mechanism is to curl into a tight coil, protecting their delicate legs inside an armoured body exterior. Many species also emit a somewhat poisonous liquid secretion or hydrogen cyanide gas through microscopic pores along the sides of their bodies as a secondary defense. Some of these substances are acidic and can burn the exoskeleton of ants and other insect predators, and the skin and eyes of larger predators. Lemurs have been known to intentionally irritate millipedes in order to rub the chemicals on themselves to repel insect pests, and possibly to produce a psychoactive effect.
This class of arthropods is thought to be among the first animals to colonize land during the Silurian geologic period.
- Source: Wikipedia
kingdom: Animalia
phylum: Arthropoda
subphylum: Myriapoda
class: Diplopoda
Autumn is here and there are lots of Fungi about. This Fly Agaric had, as ever been nibbled but was fairly untouched. The white spots are called warts and are the remnants of the veil which originally enshrouds the emerging Amanita and the distinctive skirt [half way down the stem] is to protect the gills when the young mushroom is more ball shaped. Toadstool is a name used for inedible or poisonous varieties of mushrooms Amanita muscaria have psychoactive compounds [Muscimol and Ibotenic acid] which make them hazardous. Fungi are more closely related to us than to plants as they do not photosynthesise but grow into their food which they ingest using enzymes. They form their own unique kingdom of life along with Yeasts and Molds. Many form symbiotic relationships with trees and other plants, they are crucial to the recycling of organic matter.
Dungeons & Dragons (commonly abbreviated as D&D or DnD) is a fantasy tabletop role-playing game (TTRPG) originally created and designed by Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson. The game was first published in 1974 by Tactical Studies Rules.
I suspect the only Dragons you will find down here are the "white crystalline" variety.
Drug use is a minor but existent problem in Wellington as it is throughout the UK.
"Chasing the dragon" is a term used to describe the act of inhaling the vapour of a powdered psychoactive drug through a tube that's held over a heated sheet of aluminium foil. The user chases the moving vapour with the tube.
Security cameras cover most of the public places but toilets (rest rooms) are obviously not covered, leaving them open to abuse.
During the day its virtually deserted.
This is one of my favorites: Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a mushroom and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a mushroom and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus.
We noticed these beautiful flowers growing in public park during our 2019 holiday in Brittany, France. Some of the shrubs were 2 metres tall with flowers 15cm long. We visited a local garden centre in the hope of buying one but could see none for sale. Our French isn't great & the Sales Assistant didn't have much English but I'd taken a photo of the flowers so we managed to inquire about purchasing such a plant. He explained they were deadly poisonous & sale was prohibited (why there were dozens growing in a public park he don't know)
He very helpfully offered to dig a small plant up out of his own garden & meet us in the car park the next day after work. All very clandestine! So we brought our Datura plant back on the car ferry to Ireland & planted it in a pot. It produced lots of flowers which quickly fade after being pollinated & soon turn into spiky green seed pods (marked in the photo). I saved some seeds & grew a couple of plants last Spring, this is one of them. They thrived outside in our climate. Unfortunately we have since decided its too risky to grow them in the garden with Penny the Pointer having a penchant for chewing/ripping up plants.
Photo 62/100 for the 100 Flowers 2020 group (as long as the photos were taken during 2020 there is no time limit for uploading to the group). Happy Gorgeous Green Thursday!
From Wikipedia: Datura is a genus of nine species of poisonous vespertine flowering plants belonging to the family Solanaceae. They are commonly known as thornapples or jimsonweeds but are also known as devil's trumpets (not to be confused with angel's trumpets, which are placed in the closely related genus Brugmansia). Other English common names include moonflower, devil's weed and hell's bells. All species of Datura are poisonous and potentially psychoactive, especially their seeds and flowers which can cause respiratory depression, arrhythmias, fever, delirium, hallucinations, psychosis, and even death if taken internally.
(Amanita muscaria) The Fly Agaric mushroom is a poisonous and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus if ingested...but not to worry, I only photographed these colourful 'shrooms! I have to apologise for not posting for ages and I hope to post more images over the coming weeks and months.
Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly Amanita and is a poisonous and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere. 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. The genus Amanita contains about 600 species of agarics including some of the most toxic known mushrooms found worldwide. This genus is responsible for approximately 95% of the fatalities resulting from mushroom poisoning, with the death cap (Amanita phalloides) accounting for about 50% on its own. However, The Amanita Muscaria is at the centre of religious and ancient art from the beginning of history. It can be deadly, but if dried and prepared properly can open your eyes to a reality you never knew existed ….. I am reliably informed! ;-)
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Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a mushroom and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine and birch plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species. It associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees.
Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a mushroom and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species. It associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees.
vliegenzwam (Amanita muscaria)
Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a mushroom and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine and birch plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species. It associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees.
The quintessential toadstool, it is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, usually red mushroom, one of the most recognisable and widely encountered in popular culture. Several subspecies with differing cap colour have been recognised, including the brown regalis (often considered a separate species), the yellow-orange flavivolvata, guessowii, formosa, and the pinkish persicina. Genetic studies published in 2006 and 2008 show several sharply delineated clades that may represent separate species.
Garden Village, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada.
Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a basidiomycete of the genus Amanita. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine and birch plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species. It associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees.
Although poisonous, death due to poisoning from A. muscaria ingestion is quite rare. Parboiling twice with water draining weakens its toxicity and breaks down the mushroom's psychoactive substances; it is eaten in parts of Europe, Asia, and North America. All Amanita muscaria varieties, but in particular A. muscaria var. muscaria, are noted for their hallucinogenic properties, with the main psychoactive constituents being muscimol and its neurotoxic precursor ibotenic acid. A local variety of the mushroom was used as an intoxicant and entheogen by the indigenous peoples of Siberia.
Fly Agaric, taken while walking through Hamsterly Forest , Durham, England.
Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a mushroom and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita.
Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric (pronounced /ˈæɡərɪk/) or fly Amanita (pronounced /ˌæməˈnaɪtə/), is a poisonous and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species. It associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees. The quintessential toadstool, it is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, usually deep red mushroom, one of the most recognizable and widely encountered in popular culture. Several subspecies, with differing cap colour have been recognised to date, including the brown regalis (considered a separate species), the yellow-orange flavivolata, guessowii, and formosa, and the pinkish persicina. Genetic studies published in 2006 and 2008 show several sharply delineated clades which may represent separate species.
Although generally considered poisonous, deaths are extremely rare, and it has been consumed as a food in parts of Europe, Asia, and North America after parboiling in water. 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 has been much speculation on traditional use of this mushroom as an intoxicant in places other than Siberia; however, such traditions are far less well-documented.
In its freshly ground form (from whole nutmegs), nutmeg contains myristicin, a monoamine oxidase inhibitor and psychoactive substance. Myristicin poisoning can induce convulsions, palpitations, nausea, eventual dehydration, and generalized body pain. Rather disturbingly it was commonly used in the middle ages to induce abortions, although in what quantities is unclear.
While patting and photographing farm cat Buddy, I remembered that I had a big bundle of catnip in my pocket, picked at the other farm (it grows wild there). I tore him off some, which he wolfed down. As usual, he savored the psychoactive effects by rolling on the ground.
Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a poisonous and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the southern hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species. It associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees.
Fly agaric (Amanita muscaria).
A. muscaria has a distinctly Alice in Wonderland appearance, with its bright red cap and white spots. While it's technically toxic to humans, the mushrooms are apparently safe to ingest after parboiling them twice. A. muscaria was very popular as an intoxicant among Siberian tribes, possibly holding religious significance because of its psychoactive properties.
One of the more hotly contested hypotheses is that the Viking berserkers ingested a tea-like drink made of Amanita muscaria, commonly known as fly agaric, just before battle to induce their trance-like state (all this, according to ArsTechnica). 😄
The Rufous Hummingbird (Selasphorus rufus) is a small hummingbird, about 8 cm long (3 inches) with a long, straight and very slender bill. The female is slightly larger than the male.
The adult male, (shown in the photo), has a white breast, rufous face, upperparts, flanks and tail and an iridescent orange-red throat patch (gorget). Some males have some green on back and/or crown. The female has green upperparts with some white, some iridescent orange feathers in the center of the throat, and a dark tail with white tips and rufous base. Females and the rare green-backed males are extremely difficult to differentiate from Allen's Hummingbird. This is a typical-sized hummingbird, being a very small bird. It weighs 2–5 g (0.071–0.18 oz), measures 7–9 cm (2.8–3.5 in) long and spans 11 cm (4.3 in) across the wings.
They feed on nectar from flowers using a long extendible tongue or catch insects on the wing. These birds require frequent feeding while active during the day and become torpid at night to conserve energy.
Leonotis leonurus, also known as lion's tail and wild dagga, is a plant species in the Lamiaceae (mint) family. The plant is a broadleaf evergreen large shrub native to South Africa and southern Africa, where it is very common. It is known for its medicinal and mild psychoactive properties. The main psychoactive component of Leonotis leonurus is leonurine.
Los Angeles. California.
Amanita muscaria... not recommended on your pizza.
- Mogollon Rim, Apache-Sitgreaves National Forest, Arizona
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Cloudy skies hang over a field west of Powell in Park County, Wyoming. Since the completion the Corbett Diversion Dam and its outlet the Garland Canal in 1908, the agricultural area around Powell Wyoming has produced crops of sugar beets, alfalfa, barley, oats, corn and beans. In recent years sunflowers and millet has been added to crop rotations. Every now and then a new crop arrives making people who drive by the fields say “what’s that?” This year, people have been noticing a field with a crop that looks sort of familiar, hemp. The first commercial hemp crop in the Powell area was planted in early June on 35 acres just west of Powell by Mother’s Hemp Farms. Area papers report another 102 were sown near Deaver . The crop will reportedly be used for CBD and CBG production. (No smoking allowed, besides, this crop tests below 0.3% THC, the main psychoactive chemical in marijuana).
References:
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www.powelltribune.com/stories/hemp-is-legal-with-limits,2...
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effects of caffeine on my brain, explained visually.
Caffeine is a bitter, white crystalline xanthine alkaloid that is a psychoactive stimulant drug.
I found this beautiful Amanita Muscaria mushroom while passing through the forests of Lake Desire Spring Lake Park the other day. Although this beautiful mushroom can be toxic and psychoactive, some have learned to process it through a boiling technique that results in an edible mushroom. I think I will pass on this technique!
The City of Arts and Science park, Valencia, Spain
Lion's Tail, Wild Dagga, Leonotis leonurus (Lamiaceae , mint family). The plant is a broadleaf evergreen large shrub native to southern Africa. It is known for its medicinal and mild psychoactive properties. The name 'wild dagga' links it closely to cannabis as 'dagga' derived from the Khoikhoi 'dachab' is an indigenous South African name for cannabis species. The name maybe a misnomer as no part of the plant is used as a hallucinogen.
The flowers attract nectivorous birds (mainly sunbirds), as well as various insects such as butterflies. The flowers' mainly orange to orange-red colour and tubular shape are indicative of its co-evolution with African sunbirds, which have curved bills suited to feeding from tubular flowers.
Leonotis leonurus is cultivated as an ornamental plant for its copious orange blossom spikes and is used as an accent or screen in gardens and parks. It is moderately drought tolerant, and a nectar source for birds and butterflies in landscape settings. It was introduced to Europe in the 1600's. Lion's tail can especially be found in other subtropical and Mediterranean climate regions beyond South Africa such as California, Hawaii, and Australia where it has naturalized in areas. In cooler climates it is used as an annual and winter conservatory plant. (Wikipedia)
Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a mushroom and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita. Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine and birch plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species. It associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees.
This quintessential toadstool is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, usually red mushroom, and is one of the most recognisable and widely encountered in popular culture. Several subspecies with differing cap colour have been recognised, including the brown regalis (often considered a separate species), the yellow-orange flavivolvata, guessowii, formosa, and the pinkish persicina. Genetic studies published in 2006 and 2008 show several sharply delineated clades that may represent separate species.
Although classified as poisonous, reports of human deaths resulting from its ingestion are extremely rare. After parboiling—which weakens its toxicity and breaks down the mushroom's psychoactive substances—it is eaten in parts of Europe, Asia, and North America. Amanita muscaria is noted for its hallucinogenic properties, with its main psychoactive constituent being the compound muscimol. The mushroom was used as an intoxicant and entheogen by the peoples of Siberia, and has a religious significance in these cultures. There has been much speculation on possible traditional use of this mushroom as an intoxicant in other places such as the Middle East, Eurasia, North America, and Scandinavia.
source: Wikipedia
So here is a little treat for you, not the image, that's just your run of the mill long exposure with water, rocks and s***. No, I'm talking about the music.
I promised you a little bit of Norse magic and before you say anything, that's not the type of 'magic' that comes in a kaleidoscopic sachet containing 'psychoactive not so goodies' which leave you in a hallucinogenic state, allegedly. Fortunately my pareidolia is alive and kicking so I have no need for such things, and anyway they're illegal!
Sorry, I got carried away then for some reason!, So, this is Agnes Obel who I stumbled upon just by chance and I have to say she is the most wonderfully talented songwriter and musician with an absolutely beautiful voice.
Obel was born in Denmark in 1980 and learned to play the piano at a very young age. She released her first album, ‘Philharmonics ‘in 2010 although I haven’t listened to this yet. ‘Aventine’ was released in 2013 and it is this that I have been playing virtually non-stop for the last few days. She has also opened for Einaudi, so enough said!
This is seriously chilled music and you may start off listening in a vertical state but you'll soon be horizontal. I'm not saying it's boring, I guess you might, but no, I find it totally engaging and enthralling. So if you've had a bad day, your boss has been mean, again, or someone has cut you up at the traffic lights or your partner has just eaten the last chocolate hob nob, give it a listen, life will be better, albeit less fattening, but better nonetheless.
This track is The Curse, but Fuel to Fire and Dorian are brilliant too.
ps. Is anyone getting bored with these waterfalls and cascades?
The deamon drink ?
A). The Emotional Drunk – Prone to weeping or pouring their heart out to friends.
B). The Flirty Drunk – Seeks to chat up and get cosy with their romantic interests.
C). The Social Drunk – Sober introverts who become drunk socialites, eager to talk to the world.
D). The Angry Drunk – The angry drunk is infamous for turning unpredictable and unsafe after getting drunk. They usually have a few drinks and immediately turn too aggressive for the given setting. They also take the slightest offence or insult and immediately turn things into an altercation.
Drinking alcohol affects the decision making process and usually lowers our inhibitions, so being an angry drunk could indicate that someone has an underlying anger problem that comes out when they start drinking.
Alcohol and other psychoactive substances are known for reducing our ability to recognise emotions and empathise with others. So it should be no surprise that alcohol makes it harder for us to recognise when we are threatening or being hostile to someone else. Likewise, we may also misinterpret when someone is being normal and think they are acting hostile or antagonising.
(Despite how it looks neither of these guys was drunk, threatening, antagonistic or angry).
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Amanita muscaria, the classic European "toadstool" is probably the most depicted and recognized mushroom on earth.
Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita is a poisonous and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita.
Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally introduced to many countries in the southern hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species. It associates with various deciduous and coniferous trees. The quintessential toadstool, it is a large white-gilled, white-spotted, usually deep red mushroom, one of the most recognizable and widely encountered in popular culture.
Although it is generally considered poisonous, deaths from its consumption are extremely rare, and it is eaten as a food in parts of Europe, Asia, and North America after parboiling. Amanita muscaria is noted for its hallucinogenic properties, with its main psychoactive constituent being the compound muscimol.
The name of the mushroom in many European languages is thought to be derived from its use as an insecticide, when sprinkled in milk. This practice has been recorded from Germanic- and Slavic-speaking parts of Europe, as well as the Vosges region and pockets elsewhere in France, and Romania.
Amanita muscaria varies considerably in its morphology. A 2006 molecular phylogenetic study of different regional populations of A. muscaria by mycologist József Geml and colleagues found three distinct clades within this species representing, roughly, Eurasian, Eurasian "subalpine", and North American populations. Specimens belonging to all three clades have been found in Alaska; this has led to the hypothesis that this was the center of diversification of this species.
A large conspicuous mushroom, Amanita muscaria is generally common and numerous where it grows, and is often found in groups with basidiocarps in all stages of development. Fly agaric fruiting bodies emerge from the soil looking like a white egg, covered in the white warty material of the universal veil. Dissecting the mushroom at this stage will reveal a characteristic yellowish layer of skin under the veil which assists in identification. As the fungus grows, the red color appears through the broken veil and the warts become less prominent; they do not change in size but are reduced relative to the expanding skin area. The cap changes from globose to hemispherical, and finally to plate-like and flat in mature specimens. Fully grown, the bright red cap is usually around 8–20 cm (3–8 in) in diameter, although larger specimens have been found. The red color may fade after rain and in older mushrooms. After emerging from the ground, the cap is covered with numerous small white to yellow pyramid-shaped warts. These are remnants of the universal veil, a membrane that encloses the entire mushroom when it is still very young. The free gills are white, as is the spore print. At the base is a bulb that bears universal veil remnants in the form of two to four distinct rings or ruffs. Between the basal universal veil remnants and gills are remnants of the partial veil (which covers the gills during development) in the form of a white ring. It can be quite wide and flaccid with age. There is generally no associated smell other than a mild earthiness.
Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a mushroom and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita
Wildmoor Heath, Crowthorne.
Fly agaric, (Amanita muscaria), is probably one of the UK's best known, and certainly easiest to recognise, fungi. "Agaric" means a fungus with a fruiting body that resembles a mushroom, having a convex or flattened cap with gills on the underside. It was traditionally used as an insecticide, the cap was broken up and sprinkled into saucers of milk. It contains ibotenic acid, which both attracts and kills flies – which gave it its name.
It is poisonous and infamous for its psychoactive and hallucinogenic properties and has a long history of use in religious ceremonies, particularly in Asia. For over 4,000 years it was the ingredient in a sacred and hallucinogenic ritual drink called 'soma' in India and Iran; while the Siberian shamans would give it out as a gift in late December. Commentary taken from: :www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/.../fungi.../fly-agaric/
Amanita muscaria (also known by the English-language common name Fly Agaric or Fly Mushroom) is a psychoactive agaric species of mushroom found commonly throughout much of the world. The quintessential toadstool, it is a large imposing white-gilled, white-spotted, usually deep red mushroom, one of the most recognizable and widely encountered in popular culture.
My first autumn photo is I guess a common image of the red-and-white spotted toadstool in many aspects of popular culture, especially in children's books, film and more recently computer games. A Super Mushroom as seen in Mario Kart: Double Dash!!
De vliegenzwam (Amanita muscaria) is een opvallende paddenstoel die ook veel in Nederland voorkomt. Het eten ervan kan leiden tot vergiftigingsverschijnselen maar de ernst hiervan valt meestal mee. Met zijn oranjerode hoed met witte stippen is de vliegenzwam naast de champignon ongetwijfeld een van de bekendste paddenstoelen. De witte stippen spoelen bij regenachtig weer vrij snel van de hoed. Op de steel zit een duidelijke ring en aan de onderkant een (vlokkige) knol. Vliegenzwammen kunnen voorkomen vanaf juli tot en met de late herfst met een hoogtepunt rond eind augustus. Vliegenzwammen groeien vaak in nauwe associatie met berk, eik, den, beuk en spar.
Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric or fly amanita, is a mushroom and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus, one of many in the genus Amanita. Wikipedia
Fly agaric is poisonous and infamous for its psychoactive and hallucinogenic properties. But, reports of human deaths are extremely rare. It was traditionally used as an insecticide. The cap was broken up and sprinkled into saucers of milk. It's known to contain ibotenic acid, which both attracts and kills flies – which gave it its name. #davenewby are you the website #davenewbyphotos.co.uk, camera info Sony A7M4-100-400GM-iso-100-1/5sec-F7.1 . #heswallphotographicsociety more images like this #davenewbyphotos and #davenewby
Amanita muscaria, commonly known as the fly agaric. A mushroom and psychoactive basidiomycete fungus ;-)
The fairy-tale toadstool looks so attractive but is poisonous, infamous for its psychoactive and hallucinogenic properties
Fly agaric (Amanita muscaria).
This collage of shots of the Verdigris Agaric mushroom (found growing under a hedge near an oak tree) give an idea of the development of this mushroom and its appearance, which is strangely blue/green inside as well as out.
It is classified as a poisonous mushroom, being part of the genus Psilocybe, a genus of gilled mushrooms growing worldwide. This genus is best known for its species with psychedelic properties. Psilocin and psilocybin are the psychedelic compounds responsible for the psychoactive effects of many species in the genus.
The Verdigris Agaric has a medium sized (cap 2 to 8 cm diameter) which is vivid blue green coloured and slimy at first, although the colour fades with age. The cap is bell shaped when young but flattens later. The stalk (stipe) is quite long and of uniform thickness. It has a fragile brown/black ring, and below this the stalk is covered in fine white scales, or flakes.
It is found from April to November in mixed woodland areas and grassland. It is widespread, but not particularly common in Britain.