Been a little busy so no posts recently. Not short of ideas for things I want to write about, but they always seem to drift past when I'm without web access and the desire to catch them fades by the time I sit down. For me blogging is an immediate activity and not one that should be laboured over.

Inside The Kingfisher Reserve at Wakehurst Place

Anyhoo, I spent the last warm day of the year out at Wakehurst Place a couple of weeks back; Joe and Rose documented the event. More recentIy I went to the wedding of two lovely friends of mine, Sarah and Justin, in the beautiful Shropshire countryside. Two nice things to have done as the nights start to close in.

Amanita muscaria growing at Wakehurst Place

2 original comments:

Mushroom Identification time!
Red and white mushroom: Amanita Muscaria (or fly agaric) – heavily psychedelic, but not deadly.
Grouped mushrooms (taken from below): Sulphur Tufts – inedible/mildly poisonous
Red Mushrooms: unsure, but likely to be ‘Sickeners’ – causing vomiting
Other mushroom: An anamita, but I’m unsure of the exact species; either a Blusher, Tawny Grisette, or Panther Cap – the former two are edible, but the latter is heavily psychedelic, and has been reported to be fatal.
If eaten by dogs (who are strangely attracted to them), they can cause ‘brain death’ within minutes!
Cheers, and before I forget….
REQUIEME!
Mike
Comment by Wilkins — 2 November, 2008 @ 8:35 pm

The indomitable Michael Wilkins knocks it out the court with mushroom identification from the Wakehurst Place flickr set linked to in my post above. Mike, I’m thinking we set up some kind of mobile service where people can message in photos of ’shrooms they find while out walking and you can identify them, strictly for information purposes. We’ll get legal advice, really good public liability insurance and maybe base the operation out of a former Eastern-bloc state just to be sure… whadaya say?
Comment by Mark — 12 January, 2009 @ 5:37 pm