Amanita muscaria

Apparently I've exceeded the number of photographs that I can upload to my blog. Did not know that they are uploaded to Picasa. As a result future photographs will be linked to my photography web site in an unlisted directory. What a pain.   Below is the first.

Found this darling in my yard - a whole crop sprung up over night.   According to what I can find on the internet about this beauty is that it is a poisonous psychoative fungus.  Apparently this is eaten and deaths are rare.