Pretty Poison

Watercolor on Black Paper

2022, 9"x 12"

Lilac Fibercap, Inocybe geophylla var. lilacina

Weisstannen- Frühlingsrisspilz, Inocybe queletii 03.05.23

I love finding mushrooms while strolling around the town.

funny fungi i'll paint more tomorrow its almost midnight here lol

Inocybe tahquamenonensis

White Fibrecaps Inocybe geophylla

Western Washington, May 16 2022 Mary Howerton (shop)

Split Fibrecap Inocybe rimosa

Beige Fibrecap [Inocybe sindonia]

gender neutral fungi themed names for the modern and tasteful baby: scurfy twiglet, dog stinkhorn, snowy waxcap, white dunce cap, nitrous bonnet, oak loving gymnopus, fawn mushroom, butterfly collybia, deer shield, fragrant funnel, clouded agaric, mica cap, pink edge bonnet, scotch bonnet, brown roll rim, pluteus petasatus, rufous milkcap, armillaria sinapina, red lead roundhead, bleachy entomola, honey fungus, humongous fungus, wood blewit, red stinkhorn, pale brittlestem, camembert brittlestem, russula cerolens, split gill, st. george’s mushroom, meadow waxcap, slender parasol, poison pie, parasola auricoma, earthy inocybe, chocolate milky, stinky squid, tall psathyrella, witch’s hat, grey knight, weeping widow, greville’s bolete, luxury cap, false parasol. Blusher, field blewit, lepista nuda, dead man's foot, banded mottlegill, big sheath mushroom, goblet funnel cap, petticoat mottlegill, grisette, horse mushroom, red edge brittlestem, yellow staining mushroom, springtime amanita, candy cap, wood pinkgill, peach colored fly agaric, scalycaps (pholiota terrestris), liberty cap, milking bonnet, mower’s mushroom, mycena galericulata, pluteus cervinus, nitrous bonnet, salt loving mushroom, firerug inkcap, common puffball, tyromyces chioneus, purple laccaria, panaeolus antillarum, oak bracket, bloody brittlegill, winter russula, penny bun, red chanterelle, lilac bonnet, rosy bonnet, field mushroom, Person

Can I please get a drabble of Anon (fem pronouns please) assisting Hyde with lab work and asking for a thank you kiss?

(For the purpose of these drabbles I'm going to treat Anon like a player character and approach the scenario like they're part of the group.)

Anon padded down the hall until she stopped just short of Edward Hyde's laboratory. Usually she wouldn't disturb him at such a late hour but something had been weighing heavily on her mind and Edward, brusque though he could be, often had good perspective to offer and his directness often afforded her a straightforward answer and a clean solution. As she plucked up the courage to knock on the laboratory door, she hoped he wouldn't be cross with her.

She waited, listening to the sound of objects being shuffled and the clink of glass against the desk he set down his work. Nothing had been hurled against the door and no sound of cursing or shattering issued forth. Anon took this as an encouraging sign and waited patiently, knowing that further knocking might push Hyde's mood from tolerance to irritation.

The door opened, revealing a more ragged than usual Edward. His hair was grimy, his eyes bloodshot and set in deep sockets with circles so dark that they looked bruised. Yet he did not seem angry with her, if anything it looked as though he were relieved for an excuse to stop working.

"And what brings the young lass to my door?" he rasped, lips lifting away from his jagged teeth in a half smile.

"I was hoping you could answer a question for me," she asked, "Don't spare me or give me false hope...is it true the anti-lycan formula will stop working soon? That Larry's building a resistance to it?"

Hyde studied her and nodded gravely, "I'm working on a new strain as we speak but in all honestly, it's bleak." he said, "I've had little progress and we're running out of time."

Anon's face fell, not the news she wanted to hear, but she appreciated his honesty.

"Will that be all then?" Hyde asked gruffly, discomfited by her obvious disappointment.

"Is there anything I can do to help?" Anon asked.

Hyde studied her, his mouth drawing into a tight line and he scratched one of his mutton-chop sideburns thoughtfully, "I've the acquaintance of a mycologist in town, Alice Liddel, queer woman but very reliable, likely she'll have what I need. Go see her and you can pick up 10 grams of Inocybe aeruginascens. Can you remember that name or shall I need to write it down for you?’

“Write it down,” Anon replied flatly.

Hyde chuckled, and reached for a ream of paper from his desk, tearing off a scrap and jotting down the name and amount in his cramped, sharply slanted handwriting, “There you are, love. Agree to get me those mushrooms and I’ll throw in an extra 5 quid for you.”

She took the scrap from him and chewed her lip, hesitating for a moment before she made up her mind that she wanted something else in reward for her efforts.

“Might I have a kiss instead?” she asked, rather more boldly than she had intended.

Hyde’s shaggy head swiveled upon his short neck in surprise, “You want a kiss? From me?” he asked, bemused at the idea, “Why not. But I ain’t going to give it to you, you’ll need to come here and take it.” he took a long stride backwards into his lab and grinned at her expectantly.

Anon hesitated for only a moment, it was too late to take it back now, she reasoned and she followed after him. She bent over him and placed a soft kiss on his lips.

Before she could withdraw Hyde had locked his arms around her and dipped her, so that he was bowed over her. His kiss was rough, more than a little sloppy and the coarse hair on his chin tickled her. To her surprise Anon did not find it an unpleasant experience. Once he had thoroughly kissed her he set her back on her feet, twirled her and gave a jolly laugh, “Nothing like a good kiss, eh? Go on then! Off to bed with you and get me those mushrooms first thing tomorrow.”

Anon barely had time to register him ushering her out of the lab and shutting his door before she was, once again, in the hallway. This time with a note in her hand and a task to complete in the morning.

Saw some mushrooms on my walk today. I think the top ones are Inocybe sp. and the bottom ones are Tricholoma sp.

Pretty Poison

Watercolor on Black Paper

2022, 9"x 12"

Lilac Fibercap, Inocybe geophylla var. lilacina

First discovery!!!

Ziegelroter Risspilz, Inocybe erubescens 13.06.22

TOP!!! Monday evening walk🥳🥳

Can you devine the identity of this cutie?

It could be an Inocybe sp. (aka fibercap), I can see the fiber on its cap. Inocybe sp. color varies from white to different dark hues, and a lot of them have these darker spots on the bump of their cap. (A few lepiota mushrooms (e.g. lepiota cristata) also have this spot, but they're scaly and also have a ring on their stem, so scratch that.)

Each autumn, the Helsinki University Veterinary Hospital treats dogs that have consumed poisonous mushrooms.

Therefore, dog owners should seek veterinary advice as soon as possible if they see their pets ingesting a fungus they do not know is edible, according to Sanna Viitanen, head veterinarian at the hospital.

Viitanen further advised owners to pick up any parts of the mushroom, if found, to make it easier to identify the specimen and treat the pet.

Mushrooms poisonous for humans are poisonous for dogs as well. Additionally, the symptoms of poisoning in dogs and humans are similar.

Some mushrooms can be fatally poisonous to dogs. In Finland, these include the destroying angel, the death cap, the deadly webcap, the deadly skullcap and the brain mushroom in its raw form, according to a press release by Evidensia Veterinary Services.

Symptoms vary depending on the mushroom and its poison. For example, the destroying angel causes acute liver damage. Meanwhile, mushrooms belonging to the genus Inocybe can cause drooling, diarrhoea, nausea, as well as discharge from the eyes.

Poisoning symptoms can indicate a severe condition, which could lead to permanent damage.

As first aid for fungal poisoning, dogs can be given medicine to help induce vomiting, or given activated charcoal at home, Evidensia advised.

According to Mirja Kaimio, Veterinary Medical Expert at Evidensia, people should consult their pets' veterinarians for treatment advice. For example, when a dog exhibits signs of difficulty swallowing, nothing should be placed in its mouth, Kaimio added.

Top five mistakes newbies should avoid in Finnish forests

Challenge for you: learn about psilocybin mushrooms because they're very cool and interesting (don't take them)

hm. OK.

Psilocybin mushrooms, commonly known as magic mushrooms, are a polyphyletic informal group of fungi that contain psilocybin which turns into psilocin upon ingestion. Biological genera containing psilocybin mushrooms include Psilocybe, Panaeolus, Inocybe, Pluteus, Gymnopilus, and Pholiotina.