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Magic Mushroom

Magic Mushrooms (Psilocybe semilanceata) are also known as Liberty Caps as they are supposed to resemble the French Liberty Cap (remember the one that used to adorn the head on the one Franc piece before they switched to the Euro; Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité etc ). I understand it is now illegal to possess this hallucinogenic mushroom, although I think I was probably ok taking photographs. They are quite tiny and are difficult to isolate photographically as they grow among grasses, but this individual presented a perfect photo-opportunity.

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Uploaded on October 14, 2015
Taken on October 10, 2015