weird mushroom

[Gold Maven]

These things are poppin' up all over.

 

[Red James Cash]

Amanita muscaria. Most species of Amanita are poisonous: some are "deadly," meaning "kill you for sure," but muscaria's poison is a powerful neurotoxin.
Don't eat wild mushrooms unless they've been identified by an expert! The real mushrooms don't always look like the ones in the book; unusual examples of one species may look a lot like some other less desirable species; and the same species may vary in appearance and toxicity from place to place.

 

[packerbacker]

Never saw one like that!!

 

[WilliamBoyd]

He said it was wierd.

He didn't say he was going to eat it.

 

[cdsieg]

Looks like one of those lawn ornament balls on a stand!

 

[generic username]

i havent seen them in quite some time, seem to remember thinking they sprouted and rotted within the week at home. and almost overnight the yard was full of them

 

[Bum Luck]

That's an Amanita, for sure, but I'm not entirely sure it's a Muscaria. There are local color variations that are hard to sort out.

They are poisonous in any case; but they sure are strikingly beautiful.