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Found a giant Fly Agaric in the Colorado mountains (i.postimg.cc)
submitted 2 years ago by ickplant@lemmy.world to c/mycology@mander.xyz
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[–] willya@lemmyf.uk 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Sesame seed bun.

[–] EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago

Weird big strawberry

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

What you’re saying is I should have taken a juicy bite…

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is an awesome photo, but I wish there was something in it for scale to show how giant it really is.

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

I thought the same thing after we left. If only I had a banana. To give you an idea, this mushroom was bigger than my head.

[–] TheLobotomist@mander.xyz 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Beautiful and deadly

[–] dojan@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I think deaths are relatively rare, but not off the table.

You’re more likely to end up with severe stomach pains, and hallucinations.

[–] merridew@feddit.uk 1 points 2 years ago

Fly agaric is positively benign compared to its close relative Amanita phalloides, the Death Cap.

[–] notfromhere@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago

/c/Satisfactory