A funky fungi weekend

Oliver in his ranger hat at the mushroom program

The Missouri Mycological Society http://missourimycologicalsociety.org  is starting a group in Mid-Missouri which is great, because Fred and I know approximately squat when it comes to any wild mushrooms besides what a morel looks like. This Saturday morning the group offered a program here in Columbia on poisonous mushrooms in Missouri. It was taught by Maxine Stone who wrote Missouri's Wild Mushrooms. The boys and I got to attend the program and got quit a bit out of it.

Destroying Angels are very common, all white mushrooms with a ring around the stalk and cap at the base. They'll kill ya.

Jack-o-Lantern mushrooms glow in the dark when they are in the right stage. Make you terribly sick.

Alcholol inkies are perfectly edible. Only if you drink alchohol 1-3 days before of after ingesting them, major sick stuff happens.

We learned about 10 poisonous mushrooms in all, which I believe will help me have a bit more confidence at least as to the mushrooms to avoid when we start looking for mushrooms this spring.