Tiny Tuesday - Fly Agaric

Had a nice walk today at Loch Ard near Aberfoyle.
There were a group of these mushrooms on the shaded bank where we parked the car. Having checked on the Woodland Trust site, they are called Fly Agaric and grow among birch, pine or spruce trees. It has hallucinogenic properties and can give the sense of shrinking or growing huge and features in the story of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll when Alice is given some to eat by a sleepy caterpillar sitting on the mushroom. Alice eats part of one side of the mushroom and grows shorter then a piece from the other side makes her taller. 



Who are you?' said the Caterpillar. This was not an encouraging opening for a conversation. Alice replied, rather shyly, 'I — I hardly know, sir, just at present — at least I know who I WAS when I got up this morning, but I think I must have been changed several times since then.'
'What do you mean by that?' said the Caterpillar sternly. 'Explain yourself!'
'I can't explain myself, I'm afraid, sir' said Alice, 'because I'm not myself, you see.'
I don't see,' said the Caterpillar.
'I'm afraid I can't put it more clearly,' Alice replied very politely, 'for I can't understand it myself to begin with; and being so many different sizes in a day is very confusing.'