Wednesday, June 10, 2015

Lovely vintage display of various toadstools, mushrooms and other fungi in color. Makes a nice reference if printed, or cut the various images out for decoupage and other art and craft projects.

Fact...There’s no scientifically accepted difference between a mushroom and a toadstool. You sometimes see the term being used interchangeably to refer to the same types of fungus. Most of the time though, people are using the name toadstool to refer to the inedible varieties.

Another interesting fact...The name Toadstool dates back to the 14th Century. Sometimes recorded as "tadstoles". Toadstools were thought to be favored places for Toads to sit. Toads were considered poisonous and diseased. This was then transferred they thought by the Toad to the Toadstool.


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