In the realm of the Mushroom People

[urbpan]

The word "epic" is overused on the internet, but this thread that I started on the FUNGI magazine Facbook page regarding the identification of this mushroom:

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[lyonesse]

...and this is the long answer to why we don't try to identify mushrooms via photographs, right?

[urbpan]

I like to say, "Well it could be..." and then name one poisonous mushroom and one edible mushroom.

[lyonesse]

in this case? you could cover both by suggesting fly agaric ;)