[tn-bird] Halloween Treat plus Loons
- From: "William T. Thornton" <wtthornton@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <tn-bird@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 07:26:28 -0500
Thanks, Ol' Coot (Jeff Wilson), for identifying those neat orange mushrooms as
Omphalotus olearius. The damp fall has produced several of them in my yard
this year. As a result of Jeff's post, I found an excellent internet reference
to Jack-o'-lantern mushrooms at
http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/oct97.html which may be of interest to
some of you. According to this source, not only does the mushroom
glow-in-the-dark (the gill area), but the mushroom smells good (BUT IS NOT
EDIBLE!). I can't wait until dark to see the luminescence (where are the
grandchildren when I need 'em?).
Thanks Jeff.
Terry Thornton
Rinnie, TN (on the Cumberland Plateau north of Crossville)
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