Don’t Eat This

We were visiting a friend this week, and she pointed out this mushroom growing outside her house. It’s Amanita muscaria – Fly Agaric – a highly poisonous mushroom. The toxins in it attack the central nervous system producing intoxication, hallucination and a euphoria similar to drunkenness. The poison will stay in the system for several months, even though the symptoms generally only last 12 hours.