Double headed mushroom ๐Ÿ˜† - MushroomMonday

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Double headed mushroom ๐Ÿ˜† - MushroomMonday
![Alice in Wonderland](https://images.ecency.com/DQmUBCMocowq5LtgBQQys5FpEqon1eUw6AhJa7CB6QUHpBg/alice_in_wonderland.jpg)

Happy #mushroommonday ๐Ÿ„  A fun photo I took today ๐Ÿ™‚  

![Overhead view](https://images.ecency.com/DQmdKgRoyXSj6bNkQJpPbCn13N1bew2HL171yanpeXeQd1h/img_0173_2_.jpg)

I think this is Amanita muscaria var. guessowii https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amanita_muscaria_var._guessowii

![Doubleheaded mushroom](https://images.ecency.com/DQmPxe5QfAmdY1cGS4YN5tP6wASDFszpGhg57FfcdiaPHe9/img_0174_2_.jpg)

This one looks like it has two heads ๐Ÿ˜

![Second view of doubleheaded mushroom](https://images.ecency.com/DQmWMk2b1rECMzpZHKveqocgvEPRHnESVB9n8juQUuHFGQp/img_0175_2_.jpg)

Here's another view.  Looks like a lawn mower blew some grass clippings on the gills.

![Bite missing](https://images.ecency.com/DQmUJGTiUWxxxKMCEVW24oz61e3Ek2nN2NhV6Uov3dMNKGq/img_0176_2_.jpg)

Looks like a bird or someone else took a little sample of this mushroom.  

![Amanita muscaria var. guessowii](https://images.ecency.com/DQmV3CVFaYqJaE3otazuw7eng1EtXcK9EH1S28Zx5FMUQBu/orange_topped_mushroom.jpg)

According to https://foragerchef.com/amanita-muscariafly-agaric/ its "edible, hallucinogenic and potentially poisonous."  Potentially poisonous and edible are mutually exclusive in my book ๐Ÿคฃ

![Opened up](https://images.ecency.com/DQmdsPZk8pmhMBs1DHqE41gSQHuoBgwW6Km3hKMHNMtKgyg/open_top.jpg)

Here is an older example of the Amanita muscaria var. guessowii also know as American yellow fly agaric.

![Open cap side view](https://images.ecency.com/DQmcxk94UGQLC5zve5qpG7zGPotQ9H3x55A9pw1n1wumXCb/opened_up_.jpg)

An Alice in Wonderland view although the Amanita muscaria in that story is the red variety.

![Pholiota ?](https://images.ecency.com/DQmUrT4NY8fQr3c7V11Yw7fU9G1VkdSo5jamHiTXMGkS8or/cluster_top.jpg)

These mushrooms were nearby and looked similar but were growing out of a tree.  

![Gill view](https://images.ecency.com/DQmW7errPYuGFp7JyBe35aeDtnQvNrPSmYoMagCyrPHTurv/cluster.jpg)

I think they are a variety of Pholiota.  And Pholiota is poisonous.  Forager beware.  And again I feel the need to say at least once a post... I am an unexperienced mushroom photographer and forager.  Don't put much weight on any of my identifications.  Find a knowledgeable local forager to learn from if you are new.

![Tops](https://images.ecency.com/DQmWPxtqdr1gWXYnMTdvxF3PCzHGJtpSHt3PqHtLFDKKWX8/top_only.jpg)

Another shot of the Pholiota.  Both the mushrooms in my post are in this article https://vlt.org/2022/08/11/forest-mushrooms-in-vermont/

![In situ](https://images.ecency.com/DQmNsJqkUq3PsW95U385dv42dWoBZzHTd7mnya5wFQgc7iU/zoomed_out.jpg)

Here's a final shot of the Pholiota showing where they were growing.

Thanks for checking out my #mushroommonday.  Here's a bonus picture of other things that like our damp Vermont woods.

![Wood frog](https://images.ecency.com/DQmUi1zmeijKnyLHN2cKSu4Sey1WVvrigRTpMhXejGV6mTq/img_7340_2_.jpg)

Bravely captured by my wife ๐Ÿ˜


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