[tn-bird] Halloween Treat plus Loons

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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