tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post3734071127290375969..comments2024-02-09T06:24:16.626+00:00Comments on upside down in cloud: mushroomingDru Marlandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-82158413999622896662012-11-07T11:52:00.541+00:002012-11-07T11:52:00.541+00:00sorry for slow reply, everyone; it slipped through...sorry for slow reply, everyone; it slipped through the net...<br /><br />Thanks for the heads up on Muldoon, Tim- shall hunt the poem down...<br /><br />I suspect we were at the same cafe, C; does this ring any bells?<br /><br />http://www.flickr.com/photos/belvedere/8163633875/in/photostream<br /><br />I'm cautious these days about what fungus I eat; back in my more experimental days I ate all sorts of things hoping that they would prove to be liberty caps (psilocybe semilenteaca)before learning how to recognise the proper ones. Which goes to show, probably, that censoring that sort of information may not be the best way to deal with it; and/or that fortune favours the fool....Dru Marlandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03697874363783821382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-40445791052900911682012-11-01T12:21:32.452+00:002012-11-01T12:21:32.452+00:00Ever the frugal one; I have tried eating the odd m...Ever the frugal one; I have tried eating the odd mushroom growing in the woodland. It is however, possible to makes oneself ill just by thinking of poisonous fungi and I can often induce a slight nausea just by worrying after the event. Flotsamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06667133671787405215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-54775008000444558812012-10-30T17:40:30.016+00:002012-10-30T17:40:30.016+00:00I was just going to say about the pharmacies check...I was just going to say about the pharmacies checking over the mushrooms for you, but Caroline beat me to it. I was brought up never to trust anything except the common mushroom, so I gather mine from the supermarket. You can even get bags of a mixture of frozen ones.<br /><br />SorryAnjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02562210585479814093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-17759874808415653302012-10-30T12:35:09.633+00:002012-10-30T12:35:09.633+00:00I knew Cluny rang a gastronomic bell, the plate of...I knew Cluny rang a gastronomic bell, the plate of chocolate deserts was so good we had it two nights running. They really like their food in that part of France...Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133031265351841626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-49061397046743456352012-10-30T12:32:52.649+00:002012-10-30T12:32:52.649+00:00Looks like you had a marvellous trip.
I used to ...Looks like you had a marvellous trip. <br /><br />I used to love the chemists windows each autumn when they would put out their display of fungi models, you could take your basket of mushrooms to be checked over to save them having to treat you later...<br /><br />See very few windows like that now and even the French do not do hunter gathering quite like they used to.Carolinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133031265351841626noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-15372095951515765072012-10-30T11:59:59.392+00:002012-10-30T11:59:59.392+00:00Agreed about fly agaric --- the mushroom of choice...Agreed about fly agaric --- the mushroom of choice for fairy tales. They're gorgeous. Allegro's book is nonsense but good fun. The fly agaric, according to one or two outlying scholars, is the inspiration for Santa's uniform. Paul Muldoon got a very good poem out of that in Quoof. Tim Kendallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17917270014209480898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2448752251053894818.post-59681328194715227392012-10-30T09:39:50.352+00:002012-10-30T09:39:50.352+00:00Ooh, look at that lovely fat fly agaric! :-) Ooh, look at that lovely fat fly agaric! :-) Deborah Harvey Poetryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17023927527337407685noreply@blogger.com