Kingdom Fungi

[T4920]

@Oaktavia Amanita Muscaria? My friend and I have picked and made tea with Liberty Caps in the past, but he tells me he's also found Amanita in the UK and had quite a pleasant time consuming it.

I understand it's a different sort of high, but not necessary a one way to ticket to hell as with deliriants such as Datura.

[Oaktavia]

@T4920 good to hear your friend had a pleasant time. Not something I personally would risk messing with. I'm just glad to have made it to the other side with substances in general. I have a don't risk anything anymore bias over here. I definitely wouldn't recommend anyone trying it unless they are a well traveled psychonaut that has learned the way.

[T4920]

@Oaktavia that's understandable. Psychedelics are more of a curiosity for me, I've dipped my toes in the water, but am weary of potentially disrupting the equilibrium of a (relatively) functional brain.

I find the science behind it all fascinating though, the effects various substance can have our the brain and how they can potentially be used in a clinical setting..

The book How to Change Your Mind by Michael Pollen is one of the most fascinating things I've ever read.

[Oaktavia]

@T4920 I have arrogantly dove in the deep end a few times and I have a part Ozzy like brain as a result. Time seems to have healed quite a bit, but I was pretty frazzle dazzled for many years in my 20s. I don't want to say I regret it, but I for sure don't reminisce or miss it either.

[Denman John]

Saw this beauty on the side of the trail today.

[SKT]

That is beautiful

[Oaktavia]

@Denman-John Coral mushroom, some of which are eatable BUT depends on the species as some are poisonous. Regardless, they are beautiful. I have found purple varieties in the mountains around here.

[dinobarnesberlin]

[Shelby999]

One side will make you grow taller, and one side will make you grow shorter,

[twin]

Found some today.

[Oaktavia]

@twin oysters in the first one that's good eating and the second pheasant's back.

[twin]

First time seeing this. Dead Mans Fingers in the woods. Twin A found the name in the Fungi book.

[Oaktavia]

@twin so rad I love the spooky name

[anodyne]

Great thread folks. Mushrooms have been a life/game changer for me, kicking some bad habits and triggering a health/fitness lifestyle I didn't know I had in me ... sadly it took until my 50's to find it. Good stuff!

[goosehd]

@twin I found them here as well (a few years ago) and had to look them up as I had never seen them before.

[twin]

Saw this today.

[Oaktavia]

Spotted some chicken of the woods mushrooms off the C & O canal near Shepherdstown in Maryland today. We will eat dis.

[twin]

@Oaktavia How was it?

[twin]

This red one.

[Oaktavia]

@twin from closer inspection, they were a little older than I had realized. I chose not to eat this cluster. I have had some before though, breaded and fried tastes sort of like chicken tenders.