How about these for
classic fairytale toadstools? You can almost see one of the little
people sitting on the top of them, can’t you? Fly agaric is the
correct name. It’s not for eating, in fact a good rule is not to
eat red mushrooms. Fly agaric is a hallucinatory mushroom and
eating it is said to give you the sensation of flying. It is a
therefore part of many a shaman’s toolkit.
There are tales of
reindeer eating the mushroom and staggering around trying to fly.
Maybe Rudolf had eaten one too many!
