Mushrooms...

“Anyone have any idea what these are?

They're growing in a ficas plant in my house”

“By the way, the puctures were taken on sequential days.”

“Puctures = Pictures... Grrr.”

“No, but I wouldn't cut them up to put in a salad.”

“Gee, ya think?”

“Well if you love adventure, are bored silly, and have the time to head down to the ER to get your stomach pumped, ...”

“well, psilacyben mushrooms have a thinner stem, I believe. But the caps similar in shape. As to what they are. the closest picture I found of them is the "Green Spored Lepiota." It is commonly found in suburban lawns. They cause gastrointestinal upset, so don't ingest.”

“ok I have to ask.

how the hell do you know?

:)”

“Treebeard is the oldest creature in the forest. I've seen many mushrooms come and go.”

“there's a fungus among us....”

“um sorry but they are not the ones you smoke (wink wink)”

“treebeard sounds like a fun guy! (that one was for Tilt.)

what the hell, maple? are there mushrooms out there that people smoke? clue me in, girlfriend! LOL.”

“lol, im reading a book called

"The Fungus" by Harry Adam Knight
not sure if i like it or not, but ill tell if I do.”

“lol lyra, I know NOTHING”

“He's a fungi.






Ewe. That's 2/3's of a pun! P U!”

“oh wait I think they are to be eaten not smoked

sorry im not a hippie.
treebeard tell us what they are used for...”

“I wouldn't eat these. Or smoke 'em for that matter.”

“I forage for mushrooms at the supermarket.”

“When you have the need to see things in a different perspective, yes these can fit the bill. If natural technicolor is what the doctor ordered, yes, these will work. Need I go on?”

“Treebeard, what should I do with them?

I figure, they're pretty, so I guess, since there are no kids or pets we can keep them as ornamental...”

“no and im not eating dinner with you tonight!!”

“As long as they are out of harm's way, I would think it's ok. I just wouldn't trust them. I based my evaluation on some pictures that i dredged up on the internet (and a little experience). Stands to reason not to trust anything like that you are unsure of.”

“id leave them alone. they are very cool looking!!”

“Invite Maple over for your special mushroom gravy”

“I just never saw much point in eating fungus. Mushrooms kind of creep me out. I have to draw the line somewhere, you know.”

“you don't trust them? are they gonna get up and rob the place?”

“I don't know, but it stems from what's under the cap. Oh, God! Another pun...”

“they might, smiley girl! they just might...LOL.”

“amazing how many puns can come out of mushrooms.”

“Very spore puns indeed!”

“I haven't seen this many mush rooms since the iditarod training workshop at the hilton.

(ducks and covers)”

“~GROAN~”

“....and they're getting worse.....

LMAO!”

“How do frogs reach great heights?


They stand on toadstools!”

“BAN TREEBEARD!!!”

“Been reading Maple's Snapple caps Treebeard?”

“Yes. Then I put them on top of pencils and make little mushrooms out of them.”

“lyra its time to get your monkeys and sic them on geo and treebeard!!!”

“Well, bye ya'll I'm headed to Mendocino for a few days. I'll type at you when I get back!... I'll also post new pics of the mushrooms.

They change often... See ya!”

“Bye, Phaedrus! We'll clean up here. Have a good trip!”

“This thread was overdue for some Tenniel.



Sir John Tenniel (1820- 1914)”

“The mushrooms will have taken over by the time Phaedrus gets back...”

“Cool!!”

“Holy crappy monkey man that even scared me!!”

“This seemed to Alice a good opportunity for making her escape: so she set off at once, and ran till she was quite tired and out of breath, and till the puppy's bark sounded quite faint in the distance.

`And yet what a dear little puppy it was!' said Alice, as she leant against a buttercup to rest herself, and fanned herself with one of the leaves. `I should have liked teaching it tricks very much, if--if I'd only been the right size to do it! Oh dear! I'd nearly forgotten that I've got to grow up again! Let me see--how is it to be managed? I suppose I ought to eat or drink something or other; but the great question is, what?'

The great question certainly was, what? Alice looked all round her at the flowers and the blades of grass, but she could not see anything that looked like the right thing to eat or drink under the circumstances. There was a large mushroom growing near her, about the same height as herself; and, when she had looked under it, and on both sides of it, and behind it, it occurred to her that she might as well look and see what was on top of it.

She stretched herself up on tiptoe, and peeped over the edge of the mushroom, and her eyes immediately met those of a large blue caterpillar, that was sitting on the top, with its arms folded, quietly smoking a long hookah, and taking not the smallest notice of her or of anything else.

Advice From a Caterpillar”

“That monkey looks fried, LOL”

“he's an undead flesh-eating zombie...with a cute little tail!
:-)”

“Go ask Alice...

When she's ten feet tall...”