r/mycology • u/floppysausage16 • 20h ago

photos Not much of a Mycologist, but I found this beauty walking my dog this morning. Fly Agaric: New Zealand.

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u/Redjchit 20h ago

How could it walk your dog?

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u/floppysausage16 19h ago

With a lead and A LOT of treats.

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u/FowlOnTheHill Southern Asia 12h ago

One does not ask an amanita how it walks a dog. One simply trusts.

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u/AlarmedMagician1013 5h ago

Amanitas can do whatever they want. Eat one and you’ll find out.

(Except please don’t actually eat one)

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u/Present-Spring-1340 3h ago

Fantasia flashbacks triggered!

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u/Commercial-Bug-1211 19h ago

🍄 look, Mario mushroom.

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u/floppysausage16 19h ago

My first thought too! But I didnt eat it. Not because I didnt want to, but because I dont trust myself with that kind of power.

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u/Commercial-Bug-1211 19h ago

That and youd probably be projectile vomiting all over the place ...that there is a Amanita... Very poisonous 😅

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u/shatteredarm1 16h ago edited 7h ago

The toxin is water soluble, so these are safe for culinary use if they're parboiled a few times. Obviously this doesn't apply to all amanitas, not all amanitas are the same when it comes to toxicity.

Edit: I'm not going to provide detailed instructions on how to cook amanita muscaria just because u/RdCrestedBreegal doesn't understand how a conversation works. 

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u/RdCrestdBreegull Trusted ID - California 12h ago

it’s more complicated than just parboiling a few times. if you’re going to mention that then you should either mention the full process or should mention that you’re leaving parts out, or else someone could try it and get hurt

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u/RdCrestdBreegull Trusted ID - California 12h ago

it is very toxic, but vomiting is not a common symptom of ingestion, and if it does occur it is not due to the toxins but rather is just because some people get GI symptoms after consuming mushrooms

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u/jamsterko 46m ago

Came to say this!

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u/slinger301 18h ago

Pretty Fly

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u/DrunkOnLoveAndWhisky 15h ago

...for a fungi

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u/XxCotHGxX 18h ago

That's the thing fairly tales are about

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u/lwb52 12h ago

a real beauty, even if it did want to walk your dog

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u/BuhByeNow01 9h ago

I recognize this from Elder Scrolls 😂

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u/aquamosaic Eastern North America 18h ago

Beautiful mushroom 🍄

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u/bunnybearbee 13h ago

lovely!!!

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u/Randyous 9h ago

a mushroom was walking your dog? You better lay off the shrooms!

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u/Crazy_Patience4965 8h ago

Pretty beautiful, but never eate

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u/ralkuzu 8m ago

What a perfect specimen! Amazing shot!