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Fly Agaric


Fly Agaric
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Copyright: Nel Diepstraten (NellyD) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 237 W: 0 N: 445] (1783)
Genre: Fungi
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2007-10-14
Categories: Fungi
Camera: Canon 350D
Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Fly Agaric - Amanita muscaria [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2007-10-28 7:43
Viewed: 844
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
I took this picture two weeks ago when I went for a walk at the Veluwezoom national park on a nice autumnday. There I found these fly agaric.


From wikipedia:

Amanita muscaria (also known by the English-language common name fly agaric or Fly Amanita) is a psychoactive agaric species of mushroom found commonly throughout much of the world. The quintessential toadstool, it is a large imposing white-gilled, white-spotted, usually deep red mushroom, one of the most recognizable and widely encountered in popular culture. Though it is generally considered poisonous, Amanita muscaria is otherwise famed for its hallucinogenic properties with its main psychoactive constituent being the compound muscimol. The mushroom has had a religious significance in Siberian culture and possibly also in ancient Indian and Scandinavian cultures.

Native throughout the temperate and boreal regions of the Northern Hemisphere, Amanita muscaria has been unintentionally conveyed to many countries in the Southern Hemisphere, generally as a symbiont with pine plantations, and is now a true cosmopolitan species.

The common names in English, fly agaric or fly mushroom, are generally thought to derive from its European use as an insecticide, sprinkled in milk. This interpretation is supported by the mushroom's names in a number of other languages, e.g. French Amanite tue-mouches, i.e. "fly-killer amanita". The fly-killing agent is now known to be ibotenic acid. Another compound isolated from the fungus is 1,3-diolein which is an insect attractor. An alternate derivation proposes that the term fly- refers not to insects as such but rather the delirium resulting from consumption of the fungus. This is based on the medieval belief that flies could enter a person's head and cause mental illness.

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Hello Nel,
A colourful mushroom, always attracting attention!
Nice point of view and good details, the surroundings tell the story of autumn!
Greetings,
Pablo -

Hallo Nel,

Jammer van dat vele (lage zonnestand soms) licht die over de beide vliegenzwammen heen strijkt. Ze kunnen zo mooi zijn en ik denk dat die van jou ook plaatjes zijn. Alleen dat licht hè. In ieder geval is de compositie goed. Een goede POV, zo van bovenaf genomen. Het bruine bladerdek geeft in ieder geval de herfst goed weer. Goede scherpte. Groeten en tot TFS BOB

Hi Nel,
I really like this, good pov and great color. TFS
Donna:o)

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