Fly agaric in school..

[Stubby]

They have probably been about in that area for years . Historically has there ever been a problem ?  If not proceed as normal .

[gobbypunk]

Sorry but they are not at all harmful advise the school but just leave them  they are quite rare and normally found under the shade of a silver birch tree like somebody else said a good opportunity for education 

[neiln]

Sounds like a 'magic' opportunity for education

[openspaceman]

3 hours ago, Rough Hewn said:

Be honest,
Tell the kids the truth.
 

Yes to this

 

My parents were petrified of toadstools, because of reported deaths from eating them during rationing, and we we told to wash our hands even if we just touched one.

[Will Heal]

[Derek Eames]

Fly Agaric is a beneficial mycorrhizal fungi. A great opportunity to provide children with extra curricula education.

 

And seriously are children going to pick up a mushroom and eat it...? 

[Paul in the woods]

1 hour ago, Derek Eames said:

And seriously are children going to pick up a mushroom and eat it...? 

Possibly. Fly Agaric is a very common cartoon fungi and I remember some showing people eat it. (I remember as I was annoyed at the time!). I have also seen adults pick it, thinking it was edible even after being told it was poisonous.

 

I would hope the risk is minimal though. I wonder what @benedmonds recommended?

Edited November 5, 2020 by Paul in the woods

[Haironyourchest]

I tried a raw one once. No psycadelic effects...probably because it didn't stay in my stomach long enough.

 

Supposed to be a really nice trip if you prepare it right. Also supposed to be a delicious treat, with no unwanted psychedelic effects, if you boil the heck out of them first to leech out the active ingredient then fry in butter.

[Mark J]

As said earlier in the thread, this is a cool opportunity to teach kids about fungi, about eating (or not eating) things they haven't identified and how they might identify them, and also about the associations they have with trees.

[Mark J]

2 hours ago, Haironyourchest said:

I tried a raw one once. No psycadelic effects...probably because it didn't stay in my stomach long enough.

 

Supposed to be a really nice trip if you prepare it right. Also supposed to be a delicious treat, with no unwanted psychedelic effects, if you boil the heck out of them first to leech out the active ingredient then fry in butter.

It's rumoured that you have to prepare them, otherwise your body can't metabolise the muscimol. It's not a mushroom I've ever tripped on either.