I felt that I just had to post a picture which shows Squeakers in a less demonic light, and now I will stop posting pictures of my cat, I promise, at least for a little while. You can just barely make out part of the pond behind the chair. I spend many happy hours in that chair during the long summer evenings, contemplating my pond. In other news, my sister (the mysterious "Enna") has pointed out in her comments on yesterday's post that perhaps I have mistaken an A. Cesaria for an A. Muscaria. She may be correct there, I reviewed my photos but I couldn't make a definitive identification and the web wasn't too helpful on this question, at least not without some time digging around. Actually most of the websites I found were in Italian or Catalan and therefore European and, as I have mentioned, the Eurpoean varieties are slightly different. In fact, there is a version of the A. Verosa in Canada with a green top which is often mistaken by Italian immigrants for an edible variety with very bad results. Moral of the story: All mushroom knowledge, like politics, is local. I did find this interesting report on a five legged toad, boy am I jealous of that guy!
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