Comments on: Butterflies, Santa Cruz, and State Beaches http://www.friday.com/bbum/2006/01/07/butterflies-santa-cruz-and-state-beaches/ ...so google can index my head. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:09:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Larina Rohr http://www.friday.com/bbum/2006/01/07/butterflies-santa-cruz-and-state-beaches/comment-page-1/#comment-482 Larina Rohr Sun, 08 Jan 2006 07:45:56 +0000 http://www.friday.com/bbum/2006/01/07/butterflies-santa-cruz-and-state-beaches/#comment-482 The mushroom is <i>Amanita muscaria</i> commonly called a Fly Agaric. You can find more information about it at this link: http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Amanita_muscaria.html . If you are interested in the mushrooms and other fungi of the bay area, I'd heartily recommend David Arora's excellent book Mushrooms Demystified. Also, this is kind of important, but you CAN NOT render a poisonous Amanita edible by boiling it. There are Amanitas that are edible, and in fact prized by some mushroom hunters (for instance the Spring Amanita, <i>Amanita velosa</i>), but they can easily be confused with poisonous species, and no matter how you cook a death cap, it's still going to kill you (or if you're lucky, you'll get to find out what its like to get a liver transplant). The mushroom is Amanita muscaria commonly called a Fly Agaric. You can find more information about it at this link: http://www.mykoweb.com/CAF/species/Amanita_muscaria.html . If you are interested in the mushrooms and other fungi of the bay area, I’d heartily recommend David Arora’s excellent book Mushrooms Demystified.

Also, this is kind of important, but you CAN NOT render a poisonous Amanita edible by boiling it. There are Amanitas that are edible, and in fact prized by some mushroom hunters (for instance the Spring Amanita, Amanita velosa), but they can easily be confused with poisonous species, and no matter how you cook a death cap, it’s still going to kill you (or if you’re lucky, you’ll get to find out what its like to get a liver transplant).

]]> By: Dan Wood http://www.friday.com/bbum/2006/01/07/butterflies-santa-cruz-and-state-beaches/comment-page-1/#comment-480 Dan Wood Sun, 08 Jan 2006 05:30:12 +0000 http://www.friday.com/bbum/2006/01/07/butterflies-santa-cruz-and-state-beaches/#comment-480 The mushroom is an amanita, quite a beautiful and famous one. It looks like it has rolled oats sprinkled on top. Definitely not edible, but fun to bring home and show friends and family.... The mushroom is an amanita, quite a beautiful and famous one. It looks like it has rolled oats sprinkled on top. Definitely not edible, but fun to bring home and show friends and family….

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