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I suppose I should do actual journal entries instead of just posting photos.

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[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Do we have them here?

[falconea.livejournal.com]

Have what? Amanita muscari (the classic red toadstool with white spots) is common in Victoria and Tasmania in pine forests - it's an obligate pine associate. I don't know if it's in NSW but if you have pine trees there you probably have it. It's hallucinogenic in the right dose; fatal in the wrong dose.

There are many other species of Amanita in Australia, native as well as introduced. The Deathcap is an Amanita. And I've discovered a new species near Mallacoota in a Eucalypt forest - it was a glorious, large, pale green specimen. Maybe 10 cm across and lime green. It was pretty spectacular!

Coprinus comatus (the ink cap) is also relatively common around Vic and Tas. And they're delicious, fried in butter, as long as they haven't started to turn into ink.

Audrey