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| rdfs:comment | - Fly Agaric is the common name of the species Amanita muscaria. It is native to temperate and sub-arctic (boreal) regions of the Northern Hemisphere. It is a mushroom with a white stalk and red cap with white spots (actually growths called warts). There are many varieties which have different colored caps. It is the mushroom species thought up when one thinks of a mushroom. It is usually found growing near birches, pines, spruces, or firs and usually emerge in autumn.
- Amanita cafeteria, commonly called fly agaric or less often smurf's mushroom, is a fungus that sprouts from the forest floor. The nickname Smurf's mushroom comes from the little blue creatures that carve out homes in the bulbous base of Fly Agaric mushrooms. These charming but foul-tempered little creatures are just one of the many organisms who benefit from this fungus.
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| abstract | - Amanita cafeteria, commonly called fly agaric or less often smurf's mushroom, is a fungus that sprouts from the forest floor. The nickname Smurf's mushroom comes from the little blue creatures that carve out homes in the bulbous base of Fly Agaric mushrooms. These charming but foul-tempered little creatures are just one of the many organisms who benefit from this fungus. The Fly Agaric is the original white-spotted red toadstool, and it is one of the most aromatic sweet and delicious mushrooms available on the world market. The culinary trade treasures this fungus because it is so easy to cook with, and it makes meat that is about to turn rotten taste great again. As Betty Crocker says, "Now that's a money-saver!". Amalita cafeteria is also famed for its flour-like properties: after it has been dried and powdered it forms a fine white starchy flour which can be used in baking or in cosmetics. This flour had a religious significance in Eskimo culture and possibly ancient Indiana and Scandinavia. Since medieval times it has been used in cookies or as for making gravy for hungry soldiers whose turkey was too dry...and therefore needed a little gravy. It is said by Scandinavians to be so good it's addictive, whether served in food or drink. But there is also mystery to this fungi. Nobody remembers what it tastes like.
- Fly Agaric is the common name of the species Amanita muscaria. It is native to temperate and sub-arctic (boreal) regions of the Northern Hemisphere. It is a mushroom with a white stalk and red cap with white spots (actually growths called warts). There are many varieties which have different colored caps. It is the mushroom species thought up when one thinks of a mushroom. It is usually found growing near birches, pines, spruces, or firs and usually emerge in autumn. It is a hallucinogenic mushroom and was used by indigenous peoples inhabiting the Laplands. Shamans would consume the mushroom and this would allow their spirit to exit their body and enter the spirit world to accomplish whatever goal they set out to do. Fly Agaric can be toxic, however. It may be one source of the folkloric character Santa Claus (along with the figure and the legend which grew out of the figure- Saint Nicholas and Odin). Shamans’ spirits would exit and return to their dwelling through the chimney (the same entry/exit point associated with Santa Claus). The Fly Agaric’s color also matches the color scheme of Santa Claus’ suit. Reindeer were also known to eat the mushrooms to experience its trance-like effects (possibly originating the idea of prancing reindeer). Many Europeans would also hang Fly Agaric mushrooms on strings or ropes suspended over the fireplace to dry out (similar to how stockings are hung). Ethnobotanist Jonathan Ott, among others, are the leading proponents of this idea. Note that the characters of Santa Claus and Christmas affiliated with the Fly Agaric first appeared associated with Santa Claus in the 19th Century and early 20th Century.
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