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I found this in my garden growing under a bush, what is it? Some kind of mushroom?
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Asked by Humpf
on 2010-06-13 15:23:09

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Categories: Plants.

Tags: plant, mushroom, weird, garden.

could hallucinogenic plants have evolved to use hallucinogenic effects to their advantage? eg possibly they would gain from the contents of vomit - spreading the spores. this would presumably apply only to the ones that look 'innocent' (& taste ok).
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Asked by neilbdm
on 2010-03-07 00:57:28

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Last edited on: 2010-03-20 13:55:00

Categories: Plants.

Tags: evolution, plant, mushroom, vomit, hallucinogenic.

could poisonous plants - eg mushrooms - have evolved to kill? possibly they would gain from the breakdown of the victim's body - minerals, etc. also maybe contents of vomit - spreading the spores. this would presumably apply only to the ones that look 'innocent' (& taste ok).
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Asked by neilbdm
on 2010-03-07 00:54:53

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Last edited on: 2010-03-20 14:03:25

Categories: Plants.

Tags: evolution, plant, poisonous, mushrooms, evolve.

What gives chestnut mushrooms their brown colour? What gives chestnut mushrooms their brown colour? The colour can be wiped away, leaving what looks like a standard white mushroom. Barry Strong, Manchester, UK
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Asked by Moderator
on 2010-03-03 15:04:35

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Categories: Domestic Science, Plants, Unanswered.

Tags: colour, mushroom, chestnutmushroom.

What makes water turn red when it comes into contact with a mushroom? I was watering my plants and some of the water spilled onto a mushroom that was growing in the pot. The water turned red shortly after making contact with the mushroom. What caused this?
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Asked by vjhendrickx
on 2010-01-28 21:35:47

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Categories: Plants.

Tags: water, red, mushroom, fungus, reactions.

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