Aren’t they beautiful? Do they not have the most delightful mushroom name ever?? Much easier to say inky caps than coprinopsis atramentaria. They’re also known as tippler’s bane because if they’re consumed with alcohol they’re poisonous. They probably won’t kill you, but symptoms include facial reddening, nausea, vomiting, malaise, agitation, palpitations and tingling in the limbs; or, in other words, wishing you were dead.
Funny how something so beautiful can be so horrid inside! Hmmmm…. reminds me of some folks I know.
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If only there was a way to get horrid people to turn into black blobs of guck when they die…lol. Maybe they do.
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That’s quite a cluster. Are they beneficial in any way?
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Other than for poisoning alcoholics, I think they’re only good as decomposters.
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There is something to be said for that! 🙂
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I wouldn’t eat one, but they are very interested to look at and a neat picture. Also, you have a vomit tag, and that makes me panic. Just a little. Or a lot. 🙂
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Sorry – my tags are always random and rarely inspired. 😉
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